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A lawsuit against Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott alleging sexual assault has been dismissed.<\/b><\/p>\n
A woman filed a criminal complaint against Prescott in March, alleging that the 30-year-old sexually assaulted her in the back of a car in a Dallas strip club car park in February 2017.<\/p>\n
In May the Dallas Police Department said criminal charges would not be pursued against Prescott because of a lack of evidence.<\/p>\n
The accuser’s attorneys dropped the suit in Dallas County and filed a similar one in Collin County, which is also in Texas.<\/p>\n
Prescott has now filed an extortion lawsuit to Collin County, alleging that the accuser and her attorneys demanded $100m (\u00a379m) in January before the original criminal complaint was submitted.<\/p>\n
Collin County Judge Angela Tucker has set a hearing on 13 September to determine if the accuser should face sanctions for the damage caused to Prescott by the allegations.<\/p>\n
“Despite [the accuser] and her legal team’s relentless efforts to extort money and damage Dak’s reputation, justice has consistently prevailed and will continue to do so,” said Prescott’s attorney Levi G McCathern.<\/p>\n
“These ploys distract from the trauma of legitimate sexual assault survivors and undermine the progress that our society has made in supporting them.”<\/p>\n
Prescott joined the Cowboys in 2016 and was named NFL offensive rookie of the year in his debut season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n