Usher asks court to toss $20 million STD lawsuit
Usher
has formally responded to a woman suing him
for $20 million, alleging he gave her an STD, and, as expected, he's denying
that he infected the woman with herpes.
In his legal documents, obtained
by TMZ, Usher asks for the lawsuit to be thrown out because he claims the
woman can't offer up any proof that he actually gave her an STD.
"A previous sexual partner very well may have already infected her," he
writes in court documents, while also noting that she doesn't say whether she
was tested before they allegedly hooked up. He also says she could have
contracted the STD after their alleged hookup.
It appears as though Usher acknowledges that he did engage in sexual activity
with the woman, but said in documents that she should have known the risks
involved in having "casual, unprotected sexual intercourse and/or oral sex."
"Usher did not attack the lawsuit by saying he couldn't have given her herpes,"
TMZ notes.
The singer's lawyer also slammed the woman for filing her claim under the
pseudonym "Jane Doe."
"Jane" initially sued for $10 million. She then upped the ante and sued him
for $20 million, saying that she tested positive for herpes simplex 2, alleging
that she got it from him.
It's been a bad run for Usher. Back in July, it was revealed that he paid a
woman $1.1
million to settle a lawsuit in which she claimed she contracted a sexually
transmitted disease from him. It was after that that "Jane" filed a lawsuit.
In early August, the allegations took another bizarre twist when attorney
Lisa Bloom announced two new women and a man would be filing a lawsuit claiming
Usher exposed them to the STD, as well.
One of the women suing Usher is Quantasia Sharpton, who claims she had sex
with him in 2014 in a New Jersey hotel. He has adamantly
denied that he hooked up with her to his friends, saying she's not his type.
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