’90 Day Fiance’ alum’s boyfriend beats Boca Bash attempted murder case he rips as ‘ridiculous’

A Florida antheral erstwhile accused of trying to drown his past girlfriend, a "90 Day Fiancé" personality, during a chaotic South Florida vessel enactment has been acquitted of each charges, ending a astir four-year ineligible battle.

Cole Goldberg, who was charged with attempted second-degree murder, home artillery by strangulation and elemental battery, was recovered not blameworthy connected March 12 pursuing a seat proceedings successful Palm Beach County tied to a 2022 incidental astatine Boca Bash, a monolithic yearly boating lawsuit successful Lake Boca Raton.

Goldberg, speaking aft the verdict, described the infinitesimal arsenic life-changing.

"After astir 4 years of surviving nether these accusations, of people the tribunal recovered maine not blameworthy connected each accounts. I’m extremely, incredibly grateful for my attorneys, my family, fundamentally everyone who supported maine passim this full process. It was conscionable an astonishing experience. I could respire now. It was a immense alleviation and value disconnected my shoulders," Goldberg told Fox News Digital.

Cole Preston Goldberg leaves tribunal for luncheon during his second-degree attempted execution proceedings astatine the Judge Daniel T.K. Hurley Courthouse successful downtown West Palm Beach, Fla., connected March 10, 2026.  (THOMAS CORDY/PALM BEACH POST / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

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Prosecutors alleged that Goldberg attacked his then-girlfriend, Caroline Schwitzky, during an statement aboard a vessel astatine Boca Bash connected April 24, 2022. Schwitzky, a Miami endowment agent, appeared connected "90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?" arsenic the cause for formed subordinate Paola Mayfield.

The Boca Bash is an yearly alcohol-fueled gathering that draws thousands of boaters each year.

According to investigators and witnesser accounts, Schwitzky jumped into the h2o during the quality and attempted to aquatics to different vessel. Authorities alleged Goldberg followed her and tried to drown her earlier a bystander intervened.

But Goldberg argued that the concern was "chaotic" and misinterpreted.

"It was decidedly a chaotic concern connected the water. I couldn’t swim. I was struggling successful the h2o from the outside. Some radical thought they were seeing thing and misperceived thing much superior than what really happened. And that cognition yet led to these benignant of charges," helium said.

Caroline Schwitzky testifies during Cole Preston Goldberg's second-degree attempted execution proceedings astatine the Judge Daniel T.K. Hurley Courthouse successful downtown West Palm Beach, Fla., connected March 10, 2026.  (THOMAS CORDY/PALM BEACH POST / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

During his trial, Goldberg testified that helium entered the h2o to scope Schwitzky and assistance get her backmost to information aft securing a thrust disconnected the vessel but rapidly began to panic successful the current.

"I conscionable felt similar I was drowning and thought I was perchance going to die. It was the scariest happening I’ve ever experienced," helium said.

He said that immoderate interaction with his then-girlfriend was brief.

"I conscionable touched her enarthrosis for 1 to 2 seconds conscionable to support my caput supra water, and this is erstwhile I had each these accusations happen. It’s precise unfortunate," helium said.

"There was zero intent astatine each to bash immoderate harm, and these accusations were conscionable ridiculous," helium said.

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Boca Bash connected Lake Boca Raton connected April 27, 2025, successful Boca Raton, Florida. Hundreds of party-goers floated connected the lakes successful boats, kayaks and paddle boards. (Greg Lovett / Imagn)

The lawsuit yet turned connected conflicting eyewitness testimony. Goldberg said adjacent witnesses who observed the aforesaid incidental walked distant with antithetic interpretations.

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"These eyewitnesses ended up seeing benignant of the aforesaid thing, but besides thing different, and cognition played a large relation successful the outcome," helium said.

The justice recovered the grounds insufficient to beryllium guilt beyond a tenable doubt, resulting successful acquittal connected each counts.

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Cole Goldberg celebrates with household and friends pursuing his acquittal. (Courtesy of Cole Goldberg)

Goldberg said the years betwixt his apprehension and proceedings disrupted vocation plans.

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"This decidedly enactment a intermission connected my career. I was conscionable graduating from assemblage astatine the time. I was 23 erstwhile things had happened. My plans to spell to instrumentality schoolhouse derailed. All my friends were conscionable moving guardant portion I was dealing with this lawsuit and accusations," helium said.

"The full strategy is expected to beryllium guiltless until proven guilty, but it’s benignant of reversed successful the nationalist eye. With each these headlines and mugshots, radical formulate opinions, and I had to woody with those opinions passim this full four-year process," helium said.

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Now astatine 27, Goldberg said helium plans to prosecute a ineligible vocation and statesman studying for the LSAT.

"I consciousness similar I tin resonate with aboriginal clients fixed that I was physically successful this position," helium said.

Revelers aboard boats observe the yearly Boca Bash connected Lake Boca Raton successful Florida, April 27, 2025. The unofficial yearly event, which started successful the aboriginal 2000s, takes spot connected the past Sunday of April for a time of socializing and boating. (Romain Maurice for Fox News Digital)

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Fox News Digital has reached retired to Schwitzky's lawyer and Assistant State Attorney Victoria Suarez for comment.

Fox News Digital's Louis Casiano Jr. contributed to this report.