A judge has quietly dismissed a lawsuit involving Dwight Howard and a man who claimed that he was threatened and harassed to keep their alleged affair secret.
According to RadarOnline, a Georgia judge dismissed the case one month after rejecting a request to dismiss a sexual assault lawsuit filed by another man. This individual claimed he was coerced into a threesome with Howard and someone dressed as a woman named “Kitty.”
Initially, Howard denied having a romantic encounter with Masin Elije, 28, who sued him in 2019 for “assault” and “intentional infliction of emotional distress.”
Last year, Elije’s claims were dismissed in court, yet Howard was allowed to pursue counterclaims against him, including libel, slander, and invasion of privacy.
Shortly after, Howard encountered a lawsuit from Stephen Harper, who also claimed assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and false imprisonment, involving the incident with Kitty in July 2021.
This week, Howard, currently entangled in a legal dispute with Harper, opted to withdraw all counterclaims against Elije.
“Yes, Mr. Howard’s attorneys filed a dismissal with the court, so that case is now closed,” said Elije’s renowned lawyers, Olga Izmaylova and Sadeer Sabbak.
“I don’t want to speculate on what Mr. Howard is thinking, but I will say that his claims in the [Elije] matter and his defenses in the Harper matter are inconsistent with one another.”
In 2018, Elije claimed Kitty threatened him for talking about Howard’s sexual activities. Harper, in court documents, stated that the same Kitty threatened him, saying, “Someone will put a bullet in his head” if he discussed the sexual encounter with Howard.
Last month, RadarOnline.com reported that Gwinnett County’s Chief Judge Carla E. Brown denied Howard’s request to dismiss Harper’s claim, citing an “affidavit and other evidence raising triable issues of material fact.”
