Dallas police will not pursue criminal charges against Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott over allegations made by a woman of sexual assault against him, according to multiple reports.
Law enforcement did not find evidence that backed up the woman’s claim, and the district attorney’s office said that it has no case, according to WFAA.
The lawyer for the woman confirmed to KDFW FOX 4 News’ Steven Dial that the Dallas Police Department wasn’t pursuing criminal charges but insisted this wasn’t the end of the matter.
“We thank DPD for their efforts and this is in no way an exoneration of Mr. Prescott,” the lawyer said in a statement.
The allegations stem from an alleged incident on Feb. 2, 2017, in the parking lot of XTC Cabaret, though the criminal complaint was filed this March after Prescott had filed a lawsuit against Victoria Shores and her legal team that claimed they were trying to extort him of $100 million.
The accuser’s attorneys filed a motion Monday to dismiss Prescott’s suit and claimed that it 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.”
Levi McCathern, Prescott’s attorney, told WFAA in a statement that the dismissal motion was “total nonsense” and that it “misrepresented the relevant facts and misconstrued the law as it applies to them.”
“And, now that Dallas County has rightfully closed its investigation into the Defendants’ false allegations regarding Mr. Prescott, we intend on promptly filing claims against the Defendants for malicious prosecution,” part of the statement read.
The Prosper Police Department confirmed in March that it had also been investigating Prescott’s claims that he was being extorted.
In a separate statement, McCathern expressed confidence that the investigation would prove Prescott right.
“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,” he said to KDFW FOX 4 News.
