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A woman who accused Bob Dylan of sexually abusing her when she was 12 in 1965 has dropped her case against the singer, according to Dylan’s legal team.
The singer’s lead counsel Orin Snyder said in a statement to USA TODAY Thursday that the case has been “dropped and dismissed with prejudice.”
“This case is over,” Snyder said. “It is outrageous that it was ever brought in the first place. We are pleased that the plaintiff has dropped this lawyer-driven sham.”
USA TODAY has reached out to the plaintiff’s attorney for comment.
On Wednesday, Snyder submitted a letter to judge Katherine Failla of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York asking for case-ending and monetary sanctions after the plaintiff allegedly deleted communications pertinent to the case.
The missing communications suggest Dylan’s accuser “destroyed evidence directly relevant to the central factual allegations in this litigation, and that the evidence may be lost forever,” Snyder wrote.
