Justin Bieber Drops Defamation Lawsuit Against 2 Women Who Accused Him of Sexual Assault
23.03.2022 - 19:35
/ usmagazine.com
Letting it go. Justin Bieber dropped the defamation lawsuit he filed against two women who previously accused him of sexual assault.
The “Peaches” singer, 28, filed a request to dismiss the suit on Friday, March 18, Us Weekly confirmed. The Grammy winner sued the two women — identified in court documents by only their first names, Danielle and Kadi — in June 2020 after they accused him of separate incidents of sexual assault in 2014 and 2015.
Bieber first denied the claims via social media after the two women shared their alleged stories on Twitter. “I don’t normally address things as I have dealt with random accusations my entire career but after talking with my wife [Hailey Baldwin] and team I have decided to speak up on an issue tonight,” he tweeted in June 2020. “There is no truth to this story. In fact as I will soon show I was never present at that location.”
The Drew House founder went on to share a screenshot of an Us story that showed him with then-girlfriend Selena Gomez in Austin, Texas, during the time of the alleged assault. “Every claim of sexual abuse should be taken very seriously and this is why my response was needed,” the Canada native added. “However this story is factually impossible and that is why I will be working with twitter and authorities to take legal action.”
Days later, Bieber followed through on his threat and filed a $20 million lawsuit against the two women, seeking $10 million from each accuser. In court documents, his lawyers theorized that Danielle and Kadi “may be the same person under two accounts.” They also accused the defendants of seeking “attention and fame by maliciously posting despicable, blatantly false, fabricated, defamatory accusations” against the pop star.
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