In February, a Jane Doe plaintiff sued rapper Snoop Dogg with allegations of sexual abuse. Just two months later, Doe voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit “without prejudice,” meaning that she would be able to file the suit again. Now, she has.
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On July 20, Doe’s legal team resubmitted the lawsuit against Snoop Dogg and hip-hop personality Don “Magic” Juan for sexual assault and battery. The allegations in question stemmed from an event in 2013.
Doe’s representation also filed defamation claims against Snoop Dogg stating that the rapper threatened the plaintiff on social media after the case was brought against him. As stated in the refiled lawsuit obtained by Rolling Stone, Snoop Dogg used his platform on Instagram to “threaten, intimidate, and coerce Plaintiff into not exercising her constitutional rights to engage in a mediation.”
The renewed suit also claims that Snoop Dogg leaked Jane Doe’s identity which further “demonstrated his pattern and practice of scaring, intimidating, retaliating against, and harassing victims of sexual harassment, assault, and battery, by effectively calling on his millions of followers to threaten, intimidate, and retaliate against Plaintiff.”
A representative of Snoop Dogg shared a statement regarding the case:
“The complaint refiled today against Snoop Dogg by “Jane Doe” and her attorney is meritless. It follows Jane Doe’s attorney’s voluntarily dismissing just a few months ago her previous complaint on the alleged matter. He also dismissed an earlier complaint – this is the third try.
“As before, this refiled complaint is riddled with and predicated upon falsehoods and inaccuracies. Moreover, as Jane Doe and her attorney know or should know, Jane Doe has never been Snoop Dogg’s employee.
“In March 2022, the plaintiff and her attorney were served with a motion to dismiss by legal counsel for Snoop Dogg. That motion made clear to Jane Doe and her attorney the false nature of Jane Doe’s allegations against Snoop Dogg. Jane Doe’s attorney then in April 2022 asked the court to dismiss his client’s complaint.
“Snoop Dogg looks forward to proving the falsity of these allegations.”
The suit was previously publicly alleged in an amended complaint filed on March 10, 2022, by the plaintiff.
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