"I want to thank the Dallas Police Department
and Dallas County District Attorneys' office for their thorough
investigation of the allegations against Dak Prescott," the
quarterback's attorney, Levi McCathern, said in a statement. "As
we knew they would, they found nothing in their extensive
exploration of the facts that would support a criminal
prosecution."
The news comes the same week that the accuser's attorney, Yoel
Zehaie, filed a motion to dismiss Prescott's lawsuit against the
accuser. Prescott is seeking $1 million in response to what his
attorney's claim was an extortion attempt on the woman's behalf.
They maintain that the woman asked for $100 million to drop the
sexual assault allegation.
The women's attorney also filed a countersuit in civil court.
McCathern said in a statement on Thursday, "We are confident
that at the end of law enforcement's investigation into the
extortion case that they will find the accuser and her attorneys
just as guilty as Dak is innocent.
"As I have said from the beginning, Dak is a great football
player, and an even better human. He would never assault any
woman. These false accusations were brought up 7 years after the
alleged events for one reason and one reason only -- to line the
pockets of the accuser and her attorneys. Their behavior is an
affront to all the true survivors of sexual assault."
Zehaie told WFAA-TV in Dallas this week that Prescott's lawsuit
"was meant to silence his sexual assault victim" and "is in
violation of Texas's Anti Slapp Statute which prohibits
different forms of retaliatory lawsuits."
Zehaie added in a statement on Thursday, according to ESPN, "We
are proceeding with our counterclaims, even though Levi
McCathern is using every tactic to prevent us from going to
court."
--Field Level Media
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