Shaquille O'Neal just won a huge legal victory over his ex-mistress Vanessa Lopez. Lopez filed a lawsuit against Shaq in 2010, accusing him of racketeering, invasion of privacy, and intentional inflection of emotional distress.
In the suit filed in Miami Dade County, Lopez claimed the former NBA All-Star started harassing her after she told him she was pregnant. The harassment allegedly continued when Shaq accused her of cheating on him. Once the relationship was over threats reportedly began.
As soon as the trial started earlier this year things started going downhill fast for Lopez. Her lawyers abandoned her almost immediately.
To make matters worse, TMZ reports that the judge in the case didn't buy Lopez's story and repeatedly caught her in lies.
"[Lopez] lied often. She lied about facts important to the defense, and she demonstrated an utter disrespect for the system of justice," the judge stated.
Lopez was seeking punitive damages, but the judge dismissed her lawsuit on the basis of fraud on the court with prejudice, meaning she can't refile.
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