LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A woman who accused musician Tommy Lee of sexually assaulting her during a 2003 helicopter ride has dropped her lawsuit against the Motley Crue drummer.
Friday's court filling comes less than two weeks after Judge Holly J. Fujie ruled that the plaintiff identified only as Jane Doe would have to shore up all four causes of action in her lawsuit for the case to proceed.
Doe alleged the attack occurred during what she expected to be a sightseeing tour around San Diego and she maintained that Lee and the pilot consumed alcohol, marijuana and cocaine before the alleged attack.
The new filing asks that Doe's complaint be dismissed "without prejudice," meaning it can be refiled later, but it does not state whether a settlement was reached or if Doe is not pursuing the case for other reasons.
In her lawsuit filed Dec. 19, Doe maintains she was "trapped with little mobility to leave the cockpit" and that the pilot watched as Lee, now 61, allegedly assaulted her.
The lawsuit was brought under AB2777, the Sexual Abuse and Cover Up Accountability Act, which went into effect in January 2023 and extends the statute of limitations for civil actions alleging sexual assault occurring on or after a victim's 18th birthday. On May 6, the judge said Doe's case did not back up her allegations of sexual assault/battery, gender violence, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence with AB2777's requirement of a showing of a concerted effort to hide evidence of a sexual assault between the musician and his companies, Mayhem Touring Inc. or Tommy Lee Inc.
The judge gave Doe's attorneys 20 days to file an amended complaint and said she may dismiss it if the issues she raised were not adequately addressed.
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