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A New York judge has dismissed a years-old $120 million lawsuit filed against Janet Jackson by a man who claims he was beaten up by her bodyguard in a nightclub.
On June 25, the day of her brother Michael Jackson's death, New York State Supreme Court Justice Jane Solomon tossed the portion of Leonard Salati's case that included the singer and her bodyguard, citing a lack of evidence, reports E! Online.
Salati had claimed that during a February 2004 incident at Marquee, one of Jackson's bodyguards put him in a choke hold when he approached the singer and attempted to both slip her his number and kiss her on the cheek.
"There is no evidence that [Jackson's bodyguard] assaulted Salati, or that anyone assaulted Salati at Jackson's direction," Solomon said in her ruling against the man last month.
Jackson's sole bodyguard on duty that evening was Joey Moldanado, who insisted that he neither witnessed nor involved himself in any sort of scuffle. He's Latino, but Salati described his assailants as African-American.
"As of right now, pending an appeal, Janet Jackson and the nightclub Marquee will not be part of the case," Salati's lawyer, Jamie Levy, told E! News. "The security club that was contracted to provide security for the nightclub still is."
That includes Knight Time Security and Titan Security, which were both contracted by Marquee to provide protection. Attorneys for both are scheduled to attend a pretrial hearing on Aug. 3.
