A lawsuit filed in opposition to T.I. and his spouse, Tameka “Tiny” Harris, alleging sexual assault in 2005, has been dismissed in courtroom.
Sexual assault lawsuit in opposition to Tip and Tiny dismissed
On Thursday (August 8), TI and Tiny realized that the sexual assault lawsuit filed in opposition to them by Jane Doe in March had been dismissed within the U.S. District Court docket for the Central District of California. In keeping with courtroom paperwork obtained additional giant Choose Sherilyn Garnett dismissed the case on Friday (Aug. 9), greater than a month after the couple’s attorneys filed a movement to dismiss, citing statute of limitations and an absence of proof.
Representatives from TI and Tiny inform additional giant dimension, “The courtroom agrees with Tip and Tameka that Jane Doe doesn’t seem to have any viable declare. As Tip and Tameka mentioned three years in the past, these allegations are simply certainly one of many false, salacious accusations which might be cheaply thrown on the media. one.
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Litigation Limbo lastly ends
The lawsuit has hung over the movie star couple for years. The unnamed plaintiff first threatened to sue in 2021 and took motion earlier this 12 months. The lady claimed she attended a celebration at Coolio’s dwelling in 2005, the place she met a person named Caviar, who she mentioned was employed by TI. Jane Doe and a good friend allegedly connected with Caviar, TI and Tiny at a membership in Los Angeles the following evening. Through the outing, the girl believed Tiny gave her a spiked drink.
The lady went on to assert that after she and the couple returned to the resort, she started to really feel dizzy and handed out after protesting the bodily sexual assault by the couple. She claims she was woken up by safety the following day with “extreme ache in her vagina.”
When information of the lawsuit broke, TI denied the claims. “Our place is evident,” he mentioned in a press release. “We’re harmless of those false accusations, we won’t be shaken and we stay up for our day in courtroom.”
Tip made headlines earlier this week when he was arrested on Sunday (August 4) at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Worldwide Airport in a case of mistaken identification.
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