‘Without prejudice’
Kiara Robles got pepper-sprayed by “masked assailants” in a viral video from the Berkeley riots that forced the cancellation of Milo Yiannopoulos’s campus event in February.
The Oakland resident and supporter of President Trump filed a $23 million lawsuit in June against several defendants for their role in fostering or tolerating the riots.
They include those with a plausible connection (University of California President Janet Napolitano and UC-Berkeley police) as well as those with none (House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and leftist billionaire George Soros), and the claims included discrimination on the basis of Robles’ sexual orientation (lesbian).
But almost as quickly as she filed it, Robles has voluntarily given up her lawsuit – but it may not be the last we hear from her in court.
My friend was giving an interview when some coward peppersprayed her #Berkeley pic.twitter.com/CDpEqDsw2A
— bibi janey (@janeygak) February 2, 2017
The Daily Californian reports that Robles filed a voluntary dismissal “without prejudice” last week, meaning she reserves the right to sue again.
It’s not clear what her rationale is. Neither Robles nor her lawyer (Larry Klayman of Freedom Watch) responded to College Fix queries Monday for an explanation, including whether she is planning to refile with a new or narrowed group of defendants.
The defendants took the lawsuit seriously, with Soros accusing Klayman of using Robles to continue his “long-running attempt to use the federal courts to prosecute frivolous, unsubstantiated claims” against the billionaire, who funds a variety of left-wing causes.
The billionaire said Klayman’s other three lawsuits from the past year naming him as a defendant have already been dismissed, according to the Daily.
A university spokesperson said it had already filed a motion to dismiss when Robles voluntarily dropped the suit.
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