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Rutgers Player Drops Imus Suit
Talk about an air ball.
The Rutgers women's basketball player who sued Don Imus last month over his "nappy-headed hos" blast has withdrawn her slander and defamation lawsuit without explanation.
In her lawsuit, filed in a Bronx courthouse, Kia Vaughn alleged that the racist and sexual remarks uttered onair by the 67-year-old Imus and his radio sidekick Bernard McGuirk, were "false, defamatory, sexually degrading and slanderous statements" that damaged her reputation and caused her humiliation and embarrassment.
Vaughn sought unspecified damages from the defendants, which in addition to the broadcasters included CBS Corp. and CBS Radio.
However, Vaughn's lawyer, Richard Ancowitz, released a statement indicating that Vaughn had decided to drop the action and concentrate on her studies as a journalism major and her hoop dreams at the New Jersey university.
"Her strong commitments to both have influenced her decision to withdraw the lawsuit at this time," Ancowitz said.
Imus attorney Martin Garbus stressed that neither the radio host nor any of the other defendants paid money to Vaughn and denied there was any sort of settlement. CBS declined to comment on the matter.
Meanwhile, McGuirk's attorney, Joseph Tacopina told the New York Post that Vaughn's suit was "absolutely ridiculous."
"We were gearing up to file a motion to dismiss," he told the newspaper.
Tacopina said that he was planning to argue that neither Imus nor McGuirk addressed Vaughn by name during their Apr. 12 exchange. McGuirk referred to the entire team as "some hardcore hos" to which Imus responded with his own ill-timed wisecrack, "That's some nappy-headed hos there."
" 'Some' does not include 'all,' " Tacopina explained in the Post. "It was clearly parody. There was not malicious intent, there was not intent to defame. No one listening that day that was sober said, 'Oh, my God, they may be prostitutes!' "
Still, the would-be joke backfired, sparking national fury and costing both Imus and McGuirk their jobs.
After African-American activists across the country threatened to boycott CBS Radio and MSNBC, which simulcasted the shock jock's show, Imus in the Morning, on TV, bosses at both outlets pulled the plug on Imus' syndicated radio gig in April.
Imus reached a settlement with CBS for an undisclosed sum, opening the door for him to return to the airwaves. The deal was announced on Aug. 14—the same day Vaughn filed her suit.
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