Stripper must pay Michael Flatley millions over rape claims

[Honey]

Lord Of The Dance superstar Michael Flatley has been awarded more than £6million damages from an American stripper who claimed he raped her.
The judgment is a massive victory for the 49-year-old multi-millionaire father-of-one, who filed the lawsuit against his accuser and her lawyer almost five years ago.
The woman, 35-year-old Tyna Marie Robertson, had claimed in her original action that Mr Flatley raped her in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2002.
Flatley, however, insisted that sex between the couple, which he did not deny had occurred on two occasions, had been entirely consensual.
It was after their second encounter, Mr Flatley said, that Robertson went to the police in Las Vegas to make allegations of sexual assault, in an attempt to extort millions from him and destroy his reputation.
She also gave false media interviews.
When the police threw out her case, she launched a civil suit.
Tyna Marie Robertson claimed in her original action that Mr Flatley raped her in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2002



Although she lost her case in September this year, when Mr Flatley successfully counter-sued her for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress, the dancer had to wait until Friday to learn the size of the sum he would be awarded by the California Supreme Court.
Mr Flatley said: "I am very pleased with the judgment.
"Ms Robertson tried to extort money from me by spreading these lies, and the court today sent a message that it will not tolerate these types of schemes."
He will give to charity whatever is left of his damages after costs. Robertson had apparently turned her back on sleaze to be an estate agent but has since claimed unemployment benefit.
After treatment for skin cancer and a viral infection, Mr Flatley got married in October last year.
He and his wife Niamh's son, also called Michael, was born in April.
The multi-millionaire in his world famous role as the Lord Of The Dance


Stripper must pay Flatley millions over rape claims | the Daily Mail

[JerriBlank]

good for him but good luck collecting that...she's sounds like a real winner by the way.

Consider the case of Michael Flatley. Ireland's "Lord of the Dance" was sued for $35 million in 2003 by a woman who claimed that he had raped her in a Las Vegas hotel room. Flatley's version of events had it that the first he heard of the claim was two months after they'd spent the night together, consensually, when the woman's attorney contacted Flatley's attorney saying she'd tell the public Flatley had raped her if he didn't pay a specified amount. He declined, contacted the FBI to investigate - and filed a $100 million lawsuit against her and her lawyer. Flatley's suit alleged that the attorney had committed extortion, intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, fraud, and wrongful interference with business relations.

Flatley's attorney, famed celebrity rep Burt Fields, explained: "We filed the lawsuit because what this lady did was outrageous...It will do tremendous damage to Mr. Flatley. Even when he wins the case, some people will still believe the accusations."

The case against Flatley was eventually thrown out (while a motion to dismiss his countersuit was denied), but that event was barely a blip on the media radar - until last summer, when DNA tests showed that Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher had fathered the two-month-old baby of Tyna Marie Robertson.

Robertson is the same woman who sued Flatley.

The information came to light that Robertson had dated other wealthy and well-known men through the years - relationships that sometimes ended in litigation - through private investigator Ernie Rizzo, who noted that he worked for Urlacher and Flatley.

Dark Side of Fame: Becoming A Target for Sex Charges, Lawsuits - Netscape Celebrity

[sparkly]

It makes me sick to my stomach when women pull stunts like this. It makes it so much more difficult for victims of sexual assault to come forward. She obviously has no idea what it really feels like to be a prisoner of your own pain when going through something like that. I'm glad he one a settlement. It makes a huge statement.

[Folieadeux]

Oh, I didn't even know about this...

I hope she has to pay every penny. Women who fake rape are in the same league as men who commit rape - both SCUM.

[sparkly]

^^ I couldn't agree with you more. It's a powerful statement, and I hope more peopke are punished for this type of awful behavior.

[A*O]

Good luck collecting the money Michael and good on you for donating whatever you do get to charity. I've always thought this guy was a bit of a dickhead, but he's doing the right thing.

[msdeb]

yeah i thought he was a dickhead as well. but if he does end up donating that money, then good for him

[sweetness]

Stupid skanky stripper whore.

[cmmdee]

Originally Posted by CCkissesx

Oh, I didn't even know about this...

I hope she has to pay every penny. Women who fake rape are in the same league as men who commit rape - both SCUM.

Spot on. It's sickening someone would make false claims like that.

[Mel1973]

Better to be a dickhead than a raggedy, no good, lying piece of shit...

[WhateverLolaWants]

Ughhhh...lowest form of scum. Right up there with child abusers and career welfare seekers on my list of hate.

[aabbcc]

He's ugly. I wouldn't want to sleep with him.

She's pathetic. She'll get hers someday ... karma and all that.

[sweetness]

Why is it such a surprise that a whore would try to pull something like this?

[Trixie]

No surprise to me, but the question is..why it's such a surprise to the rich guys who sleep with her? Like it never dawns on them that a some low class stripper might be after more than just a one-nighter?

Sounds like Flatley got off lucky compared to Brian Urlacher. He's stuck with her as a baby mama.

[teforde23]

Didn't Brian Urlacher get custody of the kid from her? I remembered reading that he thought that she was a goldigger and unfit mom so he wanted custody? I guess he won because she's now collecting unemployment benefits.