Seattle 'superhero' off the hook

Authorities in Seattle, Washington, have decided not to press charges against a self-proclaimed superhero accused of assaulting several people with pepper spray.

Ben Fodor, who wears a black mask with yellow stripes and a bulging muscle bodysuit and calls himself Phoenix Jones, was arrested on October 9.

He said he was coming to the aid of people involved in a brawl outside a Seattle nightclub – an explanation that city attorney Pete Holmes said complicated the case because state law lets people use force when he or she reasonably believes someone is about to be injured.