Miami elections could proceed this year as originally planned, after a judge ruled that city officials could not push elections back to 2026 without voter approval.

Despite painstaking statements and objections from two of his three sexual assault victims, Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Alberto Milian said Thursday there would be no trial for former Key Biscayne gymnastics instructor Oscar Olea, who last week reached a deal with prosecutors to avoid what was likely to be a lengthy and gut-wrenching trial.