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Woman withdraws sexual assault lawsuit against Snoop Dogg
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No suit: Snoop Dogg attends NBC's American Song Contest Week 3 Red Carpet at Universal Studios Hollywood on April 4 in Universal City, California. The unidentified woman who filed a lawsuit in February accusing the rapper of sexual assault voluntarily withdrew the suit on Wednesday. (AFP/Getty Images/Araya Doheny)
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n unidentified woman has withdrawn the civil lawsuit she filed against Snoop Dogg, in which she accused the American rapper of sexual assault and battery after attending one of his concerts in 2013, according to court documents.
The lawsuit was pulled on Wednesday nearly two months after it was filed with the Central District of California just days before Snoop Dogg, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, performed in February's Super Bowl halftime show in Inglewood, near Los Angeles.
The woman was identified as “Jane Doe” and described as a dancer, model, host and actress who had worked with Snoop Dogg. The musician, however, said the woman had never worked for him.
The voluntary dismissal also withdrew charges against all other parties named in the suit, including Snoop Dogg's business entity.
"It is not surprising that the plaintiff dismissed her complaint against the defendants. Her complaint was full of false allegations and deficiencies," a representative for Snoop Dogg said in a statement to Reuters.
Matt Finkelberg, a lawyer for Jane Doe, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters.
In the lawsuit, the woman accused Snoop Dogg of entering a bathroom she was using where he forced her to perform oral sex and masturbated in front of her.
Snoop Dogg has denied the claims through a spokesperson, who called them "simply meritless" and characterizing it as part of a "self-enrichment shakedown scheme" ahead of the rapper’s Super Bowl performance.
