Choose dismisses an assault lawsuit in opposition to Knicks proprietor James Dolan and Harvey Weinstein
SAN FRANCISCO — A U.S. district choose has dismissed a federal lawsuit by a girl who alleged that New York Knicks proprietor James Dolan sexually assaulted her a decade in the past after which set her as much as be molested by jailed film mogul Harvey Weinstein.
U.S. District Choose Percy Anderson on Tuesday dismissed the lawsuit filed by Kellye Croft in Los Angeles in January. Anderson mentioned that Croft had did not plausibly allege a industrial intercourse act by which she was paid for intercourse beneath the federal Trafficking Victims Safety Reauthorization Act.
The choose additionally declined to listen to her claims primarily based on state — and never federal — regulation in opposition to Dolan of sexual battery and aiding and abetting sexual assault and in opposition to Weinstein of sexual assault and tried rape.
Croft’s legal professionals posted on X that they disagreed with the choice, saying it “incorrectly interprets the federal intercourse trafficking regulation and undermines critically necessary protections for intercourse trafficking survivors,” in accordance with attorneys Meredith Firetog and Kevin Mintzer of Wigdor LLP.
The workplace of Dolan’s lawyer, E. Danya Perry, mentioned in a press release Wednesday that the lawsuit was “a malicious try to claim horrific allegations” by what it referred to as an unscrupulous regulation agency.
Weinstein’s lawyer, Jennifer Bonjean, didn’t instantly reply to an emailed request for remark however, on the time of the January submitting additionally dismissed Croft’s assertions.
In accordance with the lawsuit, Croft was a licensed therapeutic massage therapist in 2013 engaged on a tour for The Eagles by which Dolan’s band, JD & The Straight Shot, opened for the rock band. Dolan allegedly used his affect on the tour to repeatedly manipulate and stress Croft “to undergo intercourse with him,” the lawsuit said. It claimed Dolan orchestrated a gathering between Croft and Weinstein, a pal of his, in a resort elevator in early 2014. She alleged in her lawsuit that Weinstein sexually assaulted her in a resort room.
The Related Press doesn’t usually identify individuals who say they had been sexually assaulted except they arrive ahead publicly or consent to being recognized, as Croft has finished.
