NEW YORK — A Rutgers basketball player on Tuesday withdrew a slander and defamation lawsuit she 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 state Supreme Court in the Bronx 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 academic pursuits at 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,"* McKenzie said in the statement.
A lawyer for Imus, Martin Garbus, said he had no comment, only to say that his client had paid no money to Vaughn.
CBS Radio did not immediately return a message requesting comment on the lawsuit."
*Translation: Can't sue an on-air comedian for trying to be funny.
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