Sexual assault case against Prescott dismissed

A suit against Dallas Cowboys backmost Dak Prescott alleging intersexual battle has been dismissed.

A female revenge a criminal title against Prescott successful March, alleging that nan 30-year-old sexually assaulted her successful nan backmost of a car successful a Dallas portion nine car parkland successful February 2017.

In May nan Dallas Police Department said criminal charges would not beryllium pursued against Prescott because of a deficiency of evidence.

The accuser's attorneys dropped nan suit successful Dallas County and revenge a akin 1 successful Collin County, which is besides successful Texas.

Prescott has now revenge an extortion suit to Collin County, alleging that nan accuser and her attorneys demanded $100m (£79m) successful January earlier nan original criminal title was submitted.

Collin County Judge Angela Tucker has group a proceeding connected 13 September to find if nan accuser should look sanctions for nan harm caused to Prescott by nan allegations.

"Despite [the accuser] and her ineligible team's relentless efforts to extort money and harm Dak's reputation, justness has consistently prevailed and will proceed to do so," said Prescott's lawyer Levi G McCathern.

"These ploys distract from nan trauma of morganatic intersexual battle survivors and undermine nan advancement that our nine has made successful supporting them."

Prescott joined nan Cowboys successful 2016 and was named NFL violative rookie of nan twelvemonth successful his debut season.