Caleb Harris
DALLAS — Dallas police investigated sexual assault allegations made against Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott and will not move forward with charges, citing insufficient evidence that a crime was committed. by ESPN.
“I want to thank the Dallas Police Department and the Dallas County District Attorney’s office for their thorough investigation of the allegations against Dak Prescott,” Levi McCarthern, Prescott’s attorney, said in a statement Friday. via ESPN. “As we knew would happen, they found nothing in their extensive exploration of the facts that would support a criminal case. We are confident that at the end of the authorities’ investigation into the extortion case, they will meet the accuser and her lawyers in the same way. Guilty as Dak is innocent.
“As I’ve said from the beginning, Dak is a great football player and an even better human being. He would never assault any woman. These false accusations were leveled seven years after the alleged events for one reason and one reason only: to line his pockets of the accuser and her lawyers. Her behavior is an affront to all true survivors of sexual assault.”
Earlier this offseason, Prescott filed a lawsuit in Collin County — home of the Cowboys team in Frisco, Texas — accusing a woman of an attempted $100 million extortion using the threat of a false assault allegation. sexual, according to the Dallas Morning News. The lawsuit claims the alleged incident occurred in 2017.
“Mr. Prescott — a new father of a young girl — has great empathy for survivors of sexual violence,” McCarthern said in a statement. statement to the Dallas Morning News at the time. “He fervently believes that all perpetrators of such crimes should be punished to the fullest extent of the law. To be clear, Mr. Prescott has never engaged in any non-consensual sexual conduct with anyone. not allow the Defendant and his legal team to profit from this attempt to extort millions from Mr. Prescott.”
Prescott’s lawsuit, which he filed in March, sought monetary relief of more than $1 million after receiving a letter in January from her accuser’s attorney saying she “renounced to pursue criminal charges, along with disclosing this information to the public, in exchange for compensation”. for the mental anguish she suffered. [The woman’s] damage is valued at $100,000,000.00.”
His alleged accuser dropped the lawsuit she had filed in Dallas County and transferred the case to Collin County “for reasons of convenience” because Collin County was where Prescott filed her own lawsuit, said attorney Yoel Zehaie, according to WFAA.
Zahaie also said reports indicating his client had withdrawn from the lawsuit entirely were “misleading.” The accuser’s motion for a “non-prosecution without prejudice” allows her to reopen the case in Dallas County at a later date if she wishes. Prescott’s alleged accuser’s lawsuit and Your lawsuit alleging extortion are facing off in Collin County civil court.
“I know the truth, I’m confident in what we filed, very confident in what we filed,” Prescott said in Dallas in April. “I know some things have changed in their direction and where they were filed, but that doesn’t mean we have to evaluate what we’re doing and how we’re conducting our process.”
Prescott, who is entering the final season of a four-year, $160 million contract in 2024, has made clear he doesn’t think the lawsuits will affect his negotiations over a contract extension with the Cowboys.
“It has nothing to do with it,” Prescott said.
