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NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2007

Rutgers Player Drops Imus Lawsuit

Kia Vaughn Withdraws Slander And Defamation Suit Against Shock Jock Don Imus And CBS Radio

    • Some members of Rutgers women's basketball team listen as coach C. Vivian Stringer speaks at a news conference on campus in Piscataway, N.J., Tuesday, April 10, 2007, to react to remarks directed at her team made on air by radio personality Don Imus. The team said they would meet privately with Imus. Players are Rashidat Junaid, from left, Myia McCurdy, Brittany Ray, Epiphanny Prince and Dee Dee Jernigan, all freshmen. Photo

      Some members of Rutgers women's basketball team listen as coach C. Vivian Stringer speaks at a news conference on campus in Piscataway, N.J., Tuesday, April 10, 2007, to react to remarks directed at her team made on air by radio personality Don Imus. The team said they would meet privately with Imus. Players are Rashidat Junaid, from left, Myia McCurdy, Brittany Ray, Epiphanny Prince and Dee Dee Jernigan, all freshmen.  (AP)

    • Radio personality Don Imus appears on Rev. Al Sharpton's radio show, in New York in this April 9, 2007, file photo. Photo

      Radio personality Don Imus appears on Rev. Al Sharpton's radio show, in New York in this April 9, 2007, file photo.  (AP)

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(AP)  A Rutgers University basketball player on Tuesday withdrew a slander and defamation lawsuit she had filed against Don Imus and CBS Radio, among others, after the shock jock called the team "nappy headed hos."

Kia Vaughn had contended in the lawsuit filed in August in New York state Supreme Court that the comments made by Imus had damaged her reputation. The lawsuit also named various media outlets that broadcast Imus' show.

Marti McKenzie, a spokeswoman for Vaughn's attorney, Richard Ancowitz, said in a statement that Vaughn had chosen to focus on her education at New Jersey's Rutgers University as a journalism major and as an athlete with the basketball team.

"Her strong commitments to both have influenced her decision to withdraw the lawsuit at this time," the statement said.

A lawyer for Imus, Martin Garbus, said his client had paid no money to Vaughn. CBS Radio did not immediately return a message requesting comment.



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by keithle1 September 12, 2007 10:27 PM PDT
"...the comments made by Imus had damaged her reputation."

Oh puh-leeeze.

Then we get:

"Her strong commitments to both (journalism/b-ball) have influenced her decision to withdraw the lawsuit at this time," the statement said.

So she wants to be the next Katie Couric. Isn''t that special.

What a joke.
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by valentin73 September 12, 2007 10:48 PM PDT
Can we move on, enough of this story.
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by louklou51 September 13, 2007 12:04 PM PDT
Is anybody surprised? The lawsuit would have dragged on and on and on. She made the smart and correct move.
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by lil_d3vil September 13, 2007 3:31 PM PDT
You know those girls probably got called more and worse names by their rival teams then "ho" why didn''t she try to sue them? OH!! they are not celebrities! thats the whole crux of this story from day 1. She was only after money and looks like her lawyer advised her she''d be in for a long fight {Money she didn''t have} so she was told to drop the suit.
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