A lady accusing Dak Prescott of sexual assault has filed a police report over the alleged incident in 2017 after the star quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys sued her on a $100 million extortion declare.
Dallas police mentioned Thursday there was an ongoing investigation after a report was filed earlier this week about an alleged sexual assault that occurred within the car parking zone of a strip membership in early 2017.
Prescott’s attorneys filed the extortion lawsuit in Collin County, north of Dallas, on Monday. Prescott has denied the lady’s allegation.
In response to the lawsuit, the lady and her attorneys wrote Prescott a letter during which they mentioned the lady would not pursue prison prices or go public together with her claims if Prescott paid her $100 million.
An lawyer representing Prescott met final week with police in Prosper, the place Prescott lives, and mentioned his consumer was a attainable sufferer of extortion, The Dallas Morning Information reported.
Prescott is in search of $1 million in damages in his lawsuit towards the lady and her attorneys. Prescott’s lawyer, Levi McCathern, mentioned the quarterback has by no means had non-consensual intercourse with anybody.
“Sexual assault is a despicable crime that no particular person ought to ever endure,” the lawsuit mentioned. “Defendants’ false claims on this regard undermine the braveness of precise sexual assault survivors in every single place in addition to the legitimacy of the horrific traumas they’ve endured.”
The lady advised Dallas tv station WFAA the incident occurred at the back of an SUV after she left the bar the place she labored with Prescott and a few of his buddies.
“It’s sort of embarrassing to be trustworthy,” the lady mentioned. “However I didn’t ask for that. I didn’t ask for this to occur to me.”
Yoel Zehaie, one of many lady’s attorneys, mentioned Prescott’s extortion lawsuit was “a smoke display screen to distract from the actual matter that ought to be mentioned. And that’s {that a} rape was dedicated by Dak Prescott.”
Prescott has been the starter for the Cowboys all eight of his seasons, taking up after Tony Romo’s preseason harm. He was the 2016 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Yr and has made three Professional Bowls.
In the course of the 2023 season, Prescott was the reigning NFL Man of the Yr for his charitable work.
Reported by The Related Press.
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