A woman has once again dropped litigation accusing Snoop Dogg of sexual assault a dozen years ago and of defaming her on social media in 2022.
In her Los Angeles Superior Court suit, the woman identified only as Jane Doe alleged the 53-year-old, Long Beach-born performer, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, forced her into a sex act in a recording studio bathroom in 2013. On Wednesday, Doe’s attorney filed court papers with Judge Thomas D. Long asking that his client’s case be dismissed “without prejudice,” meaning it can be refiled.
In her lawsuit, Doe maintained she was “subjected to the most appalling sexual harassment and assault and that this was part of a common plan and practice to prey on and then intimidate and silence” women like herself who want a career in show business.
“True to form, Snoop Dogg and his minions then named and shamed plaintiff on social media and the press in a transparent attempt to intimidate her into submission with veiled threats of violence,” Doe’s court papers further stated.
The performer’s attorneys acknowledge in their court papers that in February 2022 their client posted on Instagram, “Gold digger season is here be careful Nefews.” They say the two communications found actionable by the judge “were made in a public forum and directly relate to the public interest and are unquestionably protected speech.”
The rapper’s attorneys stated that Doe’s current case, filed in June 2023, was the fifth version of her litigation after the most recent prior version brought in federal court was dropped and ultimately dismissed a year earlier.
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