US Student Released From Danish Prison After Uber Altercation, Still Barred From Leaving Country

Owen Ray has not been formally charged, but his family says he remains unable to return home to the United States.

Ohio student Owen Ray was detained in Denmark after an alleged incident with an Uber driver, along with another unnamed American student. Photo: Courtesy Ray Family

A 19-year-old American college student detained in Denmark following an altercation with an Uber driver has been released from custody but remains unable to return to the United States, his Danish attorney confirmed to The Epoch Times in an email on April 14.

Owen Ray, a student at Miami University of Ohio, was released from Copenhagen’s Vestre Prison after being held for nearly two weeks. According to his Denmark-based attorney, Eigil Strand, he has not been formally charged.