Mexico City ( CNN ) -- A judge ordered the release Thursday of a popular Mexican singer accused of raping a teenager on grounds that not enough evidence existed for trial , state media said . Prosecutors in the state of Quintana Roo alleged that Kalimba raped a 17-year-old girl in a hotel there in December . Last week , the singer , whose full name is Kalimba Marichal Ibar , was deported from the United States to Mexico after an immigration violation in El Paso , Texas , U.S. Border Patrol spokesman Ramiro Cordero said . Kalimba maintained his innocence of the rape charges and said in an interview with CNN affiliate Televisa earlier this month that he had not attacked anyone . `` There are many details that are very easy to criticize , judge or imagine , '' he said , but he urged the public to use logic when considering the case , which has received extensive coverage in Mexican media . In the Televisa interview , Kalimba declined to answer a question about whether he had sexual relations with the teen 's consent . `` That I must testify before the prosecution and not on television , '' he said . The teen 's uncle has asked a state human rights commission to help protect the family , which he said has been demonized since reporting the rape allegations to authorities , according to Notimex , the Mexican news agency . The 28-year-old singer is a former member of the group OV7 and also was the voice of Simba in a Spanish version of Disney 's `` The Lion King . '' Fans gathered last week at the prison where he was being held and in Mexico City to show support .
The judge says not enough evidence existed for a trial . Kalimba was deported from the United States last week . The pop star maintains his innocence .