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Puerto Rican pop star Ricky Martin signs autographs in Mexico City on April 5, 2011.

Puerto Rican pop star Ricky Martin signs autographs in Mexico City on April 5, 2011.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Puerto Rico court "archived" a restraining order issued against superstar Ricky Martin, meaning the case was closed, a judicial spokesperson said Thursday.

"The petitioner ceased his claims voluntarily; therefore the case was archived and no further procedures are required," the spokesperson, who was not authorized to be quoted by name under the tribunal rules, told The Associated Press.

A judge issued a restraining order in early July against the Puerto Rican singer. The order was filed under Puerto Rico's domestic violence law, but police didn't provide further details, including who requested the order.

Martin said recently in a tweet that the order was based on "completely false" allegations and that he would face the process "with the responsibility that characterizes me."

The hearing to review the case was scheduled for Thursday, but it took place behind closed doors, and the parties attended it virtually. Outside the tribunal, several media reporters and cameras awaited.

"Just as we anticipated, the temporary protection order was not extended by the court," Ricky Martin's legal team said in a statement.

When the restraining order was issued, the Puerto Rico newspaper El Vocero said the order stated that Martin and the other person dated for seven months. The report quoted the order as saying that they broke up two months earlier but that the petitioner said Martin did not accept the separation and had been seen loitering near the petitioner's house at least three times. The AP didn't obtain a copy of the order.

"This was never anything more than a troubled individual making false allegations with absolutely nothing to substantiate them," Martin's legal team said Thursday. "We are glad that our client saw justice done and can now move forward with his life and his career."

The singer is expected to perform concert Friday and Saturday with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl.

Freshly pressed vinyl records are produced in a stamper at the United Record Pressing facility in Nashville, Tenn. The arrival of the compact disc nearly killed off record albums. Four decades later, with resuscitated record album sales producing double-digit growth, manufacturers are rapidly rebuilding an industry to keep pace with sales that topped $1 billion last year. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Ricky Riehl inspects finished vinyl records for physical flaws before they are packaged at the United Record Pressing facility in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

A hockey puck-shaped blob, called a "biscuit" and made of heated vinyl pellets, is set into a press to be formed into a vinyl record at the United Record Pressing facility in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

A mix of colored vinyl pellets that will be made into records is stored in a bin at the United Record Pressing facility in Nashville, Tenn. Colored pellets are used by themselves or in a variety of combinations to create colorful records in addition to the traditional black vinyl. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Thane Adolf dumps black vinyl pellets into a machine that will form the pellets into hockey puck-shaped "biscuits' to make vinyl record albums at the United Record Pressing facility in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Workers operate record pressing machinery at the United Record Pressing facility in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Workers operate record-pressing machinery at the United Record Pressing facility in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Excess vinyl falls into a bin after it has been shaved from the edge of a freshly pressed record at the United Record Pressing facility in Nashville, Tenn. The excess vinyl will be reground and used to make more albums. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Mechanical engineer John Arrington weighs a biscuit made of heated vinyl pellets as he calibrates one of the machines that forms the biscuits at the United Record Pressing facility in Nashville, Tenn. The biscuits are later pressed into vinyl records. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Elijah Lindsay loads finished vinyl records into shipping boxes at the United Record Pressing facility in Nashville, Tenn. Vinyl record manufacturers are rapidly rebuilding an industry to keep pace with sales that topped $1 billion last year. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Ricky Riehl inspects finished vinyl records for physical flaws before they are packaged at the United Record Pressing facility in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Sara Aulidge, left, and Abbey Peterson pull stampers, made of nickel and used to press vinyl record albums, from tall storage rows for upcoming orders at the United Record Pressing facility in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Abbey Peterson, left, and Sara Aulidge pull stampers, made of nickel and used to press vinyl record albums, from tall storage rows for upcoming orders at the United Record Pressing facility in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Artwork components such as record sleeves, booklets and cardboard jackets are stored in a warehouse at the United Record Pressing facility in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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