A lawsuit against Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott alleging sexual assault has been dismissed.
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.
In May, the Dallas Police Department said criminal charges would not be pursued against Prescott because of a lack of evidence.
The accuser’s attorneys dropped the suit in Dallas County and filed a similar one in Collin County, which is also in Texas.
Prescott has now filed an extortion lawsuit to Collin County, alleging that the accuser and her attorneys demanded $100m (£79m) in January before the original criminal complaint was submitted.
Collin County Judge Angela Tucker has set a hearing on September 13 to determine if the accuser should face sanctions for the damage caused to Prescott by the allegations.
“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.
“These ploys distract from the trauma of legitimate sexual assault survivors and undermine the progress that our society has made in supporting them.”