A girl who accused Mike Tyson of violently raping and sexually assaulting her within the early Nineteen Nineties has dropped her lawsuit towards the previous heavyweight champ.
In a letter filed with the U.S. District Court docket for the Northern District of New York, Tyson’s lawyer, Daniel Rubin, revealed the opposing counsel had knowledgeable him “that Plaintiff is withdrawing her complaint.” He famous the sufferer was “voluntarily discontinuing this Action with prejudice,” and that each “parties are in the process of drafting a stipulation of discontinuance,” USA At the moment reported.
“While not surprising, given the baseless allegations, we are pleased with the result — a complete withdrawal of all claims without any compensation, concession or settlement of any kind from Mr. Tyson,” Rubin instructed the outlet. “This suit never should have been filed and this is the correct outcome.”
The accuser filed her lawsuit towards Tyson in January 2023 underneath New York’s Grownup Survivors Act, which offered sexual assault victims a one-year window to take authorized motion, regardless of the statute of limitations. Within the swimsuit, she claimed Tyson touched her and repeatedly tried to kiss her in his limousine.
“I told him no several times and asked him to stop, but he continued to attack me,” she stated. “He then pulled my pants off and violently raped me.”
She didn’t present a selected date for the encounter, solely that it occurred within the early ’90s. She’d been in search of $5 million in damages.
Tyson denied any wrongdoing.
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