A decide dismissed a federal lawsuit filed by a girl who accused James Dolan of undesirable intercourse virtually ten years in the past, and likewise alleged he arrange an encounter with disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.
Kellye Croft filed her preliminary lawsuit in Los Angeles in January and alleged that Dolan repeatedly pressured her into intercourse in 2013 and 2014 and that Weinstein sexually assaulted her in a Beverly Hills resort.
Croft mentioned she was 27 years previous and dealing as a licensed therapeutic massage therapist when she met Dolan in 2013.
The present Knicks and Ranger proprietor was on tour with a rock band, the Eagles, as a result of his band (JD & The Straight Shot) opened for the Eagles in the course of the tour.
She alleged that Dolan pressured her into undesirable sexual activity and that in January 2014, Dolan helped organize for her to journey to Los Angeles to hitch the tour – which she claimed constituted intercourse trafficking.
Croft issued a public assertion when her lawsuit was file and have sought a jury trial and unspecified damages.
Attorneys for Dolan and Weinstein each filed subsequent motions to have the case dismissed.
U.S. District Decide Percy Anderson dismissed Croft’s declare of intercourse trafficking with prejudice, that means it can’t be filed once more.
Nonetheless, her claims of sexual battery in opposition to Dolan, sexual assault by Weinstein and aiding and abetting of sexual assault by Dolan have been dismissed with out prejudice, she Croft she may file these claims once more.
“We’re more than happy with the dismissal of the lawsuit, which was a malicious try to claim horrific allegations by an lawyer who subverts the authorized system for private achieve – this additionally occurs to be the identical lawyer within the Charles Oakley case,” a Dolan spokesperson informed Yahoo Sports activities.
The Oakley case is from an incident the place the previous Knicks participant was ejected from Madison Sq. Backyard in 2017 and remains to be ongoing.
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