Atlanta- A lawsuit filed against Falcons quarterback Michael Vick by woman who claimed to be Vick’s former girlfriend and contended he gave her a sexually transmitted disease has been settled, according to attorneys for both parties.
“The case is resolved,” Vick’s attorney, V. Lawrence Woodward, told the Journal-Constitution on Monday. “That’s all I can say.” Cale Conley, attorney for plaintiff Sonya Elliott, used the same words to acknowledge the settlement and also declined any further comment.
The attorneys did not provide any information as to when the agreement was reached or terms of the resolution. According to the clerk of courts at the State Court of Gwinnett County, where the case was filed, the action was dismissed by consent of counsel.
Vick has refused to comment on the lawsuit since it was filed March 14, 2005.
Neither side would confirm a confidentiality agreement with the settlement. A gag order was agreed upon by all parties during the pre-trial discovery phase, which lasted roughly the past six months.
A trial pitting Elliott vs. Vick appeared on the court docket Monday, but the clerk’s office for the presiding judge confirmed attorneys for both parties served notice of a resolution and that a trial was unnecessary. The scheduled trial was removed from the docket by mid-afternoon.
In her complaint, Elliott sought damages alleging Vick’s negligence, unwanted physical contact, pain, suffering and potential future medical complications. She said Vick infected her with herpes simplex II.
In the response he filed to the lawsuit, Vick acknowledged meeting Elliott at a nightclub.
Though Vick, a Pro Bowl quarterback and one of the most recognizable figures in professional sports, has not publicly addressed the lawsuit, he has said that he and his brother Marcus, who was kicked off the Virginia Tech football team last winter for a variety of indiscretions, were public targets.
Elliott, 27, was listed as a health-care worker who lives in metropolitan Atlanta, in the initial complaint.
