MANNHEIM, June 13: A tax evasion investigation against tennis star Steffi Graf has been officially dropped, the chief investigator for the case told a Mannheim radio station today.Chief district attorney Hubert Jobski said Graf, formerly the world's top-ranked player, has agreed to pay $ 760,000 to the State and to charitable causes.There has never been any strong evidence of wrongdoing by Graf.But Jobski said ``If we agree to a dismissal against payment, it does not mean we believe those involved are innocent.''The investigation grew out of father Peter Graf's January 27 conviction of evading $ 7.3 million in taxes on his daughter's earnings from 1989-1993, and attempting to evade paying another $ 1.8 million.The presiding judge at the trial, Joachim Plass, had recommended the investigation of Steffi Graf be dropped, saying there was no evidence she had played ``an active part'' in the tax evasion.
