A woman has filed a civil suit against Michael Irvin claiming she was raped by him back in 2007, read here.
A woman who says she was raped by football star Michael Irvin at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino filed a civil lawsuit against him Thursday in Broward Circuit Court.
Although no criminal charges have been filed, the Broward State Attorney's Office has been looking into the case and is expected to reach a conclusion next week, said spokesman Ron Ishoy.
The woman said the attack happened in 2007, in the late hours of July 4 or early July 5. The suit doesn't name the woman, referring to her as Jane Doe.
Irvin's lawyer, Larry Friedman, called the accusations ``totally untrue.''
Three years later we are hearing about a civil suit? Where are the criminal charges?
When asked to describe her contact with Irvin, Friedman said, ``Beyond, perhaps, meeting her, there was nothing.''
In the suit, the woman said Irvin bought her alcohol to get her drunk, then lured her to his hotel room. That's where he and another man tried stuffing money into her clothes, the suit said.
She said Irvin and the other man insisted on sexual favors. She said no.
That's when the unidentified man held her down and covered her mouth, according to the suit, then Irvin raped her, she said. When Irvin was done, the other man forced her to perform oral sex.
Afterward, Irvin's brother, Derrick Irvin, came in and took her to another room and ``assisted in covering the sexual assault and rape up,'' according to the civil lawsuit.
The one man is unidentified because the woman doesn't know who he is, said her lawyer, David Lister.
It was reported to Seminole police on July 20, 2007, Seminole Tribe spokesman Gary Bitner said.
``They investigated it thoroughly,'' Bitner said. ``Although by that time there was no longer any forensic evidence or surveillance video.''
So she waited two weeks to go to the police and there were no charges filed because of a lack of evidence.
I don't know what happened. You don't. We don't.
What I do know? There has been more than one time where a woman has accused a famous athlete of rape and in the end she was lying.
A day later, the woman signed a waiver of prosecution, which Bitner attributed to ``her desire to essentially put it behind her and not have it be splashed all over the newspapers.''
Bitner said the tribe turned over its findings to Broward prosecutors.
The woman's lawyer, Lister, said he had no comment about the Seminole police investigation.
He said his client had passed a polygraph test.
Lister also said his client and Irvin's counsel had been in negotiations for a financial settlement, but those talks stalled, prompting the lawsuit filed three days before the Super Bowl is being played in Miami.
``There were discussion back and forth between the parties,'' Lister said, adding that Irvin's representatives had asked for a settlement figure. ``Nothing came of it.''
Friedman, Irvin's attorney, called the discussions attempts at extortion.
He said the woman came forward last year, after Irvin appeared on a few episodes of the television show Dancing With the Stars.
First, she wanted $1 million, Friedman said, then came down to $800,000.
Each time, Friedman said no.
Ok. Michael Irvin looks to be earning some loot on DWTS and then she wants a settlement from Irvin or else she's going to file a civil suit?
This sucks.
I think Irvin will eventually be cleared of this and there will never be any criminal charges filed. And then the judge will hopefully throw this suit out.
One more thing. Michael Irvin has already been thru this very same situation back in 1997, read here.
The woman who falsely accused Dallas Cowboys star receiver Michael Irvin and all-pro tackle Eric Williams of sexual assault has been charged with filing a false criminal complaint.
Former topless dancer Nina Shahravan, 23, who recently admitted that she fabricated her case (JET, Jan. 27), was supposed to turn herself in to police but failed to do so at JET press time.
Dallas County Sheriffs Department Sgt. Darrell Watson said authorities usually wait until the district attorney's office files a case.
Like I said above. I don't know what happened, but just on the 'feel' of this it seems like someone is just wanting to make some money here and it isn't Michael Irvin.
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