Sex Assault Suit Against Kennedy Smith Dismissed
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A lawsuit that charged William Kennedy  Smith, a nephew of Sen. Edward Kennedy, sexually assaulted a  former employee six years ago and tried to intimidate her into  keeping quiet was dismissed on Tuesday.
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A court rules former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith is not entitled to any of her late husband's fortune.
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CHICAGO - A woman who sued William Kennedy Smith said Thursday that the member of the prominent political family sexually assaulted her five years ago "in a manner that will haunt me to the day I die."  "Today I am putting William Kennedy Smith on notice. You will not victimize another woman and be able to keep it silent if I can help it," Audra Soulias said at a news conference...
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A U.S. judge on Friday dismissed a  lawsuit against Fox News filed by the parents of murdered child  beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, saying the network did not defame  the couple or their son.
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A judge in the District of Columbia has dismissed a case against a dry cleaner who was sued for $54 million in damages over a pair of missing pants.
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CHICAGO - William Kennedy Smith said Monday he has resigned from the humanitarian group he founded while he fights sexual assault allegations leveled by a former employee.   "I am simply doing everything I can to protect the organization I love," Smith said in his first public appearance since Audra Soulias filed a lawsuit last week alleging he sexually assaulted her five years ago...
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A federal judge has dismissed a 6-year-old sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former player against North Carolina women's soccer coach Anson Dorrance.
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News Corp.'s MySpace said on Wednesday  a federal court dismissed a negligence lawsuit filed by the  family of a teenage girl who was sexually assaulted by someone  she met on the popular Internet social network.
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A claim of copyright infringement against pop star Beyonce Knowles is dismissed by a US court.
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A U.S. court on Wednesday rejected a bid by the estranged mother of dead Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith to halt her burial in the Bahamas, clearing the way for an end to a battle over the decomposing body.
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A federal judge dismissed a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over levee breaches after Hurricane Katrina
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A federal appeals court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit from the woman formerly known as "Jane Roe" challenging the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion 31 years ago.
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The subcontractor accused of mistreating workers at an iPod factory in China dropped its libel suit against two reporters and the news organization they work for in Shanghai.
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CHICAGO (CBS 2) Audra Soulias, 28, filed a civil suit against William Kennedy Smith on Tuesday, five years after she says he forced her into his home, and sexually assaulted her.
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he Kobe Bryant rape case was dismissed yesterday in Eagle, Colo., after the prosecution said the woman who had accused Mr. Bryant of sexual assault would no longer cooperate, leaving the state no option but to drop the charges.
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A Playboy Playmate accused of karate-kicking the ex-girlfriend of NFL quarterback Jeff Garcia was acquitted Wednesday of a misdemeanor assault charge.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn.  &#151; A misdemeanor assault case against Hank Williams Jr. has been dismissed, 10 months after a cocktail waitress accused the country singer of yelling obscenities and choking her at a local hotel, a prosecutor said.