A federal judge has dismissed a sex trafficking lawsuit that was brought against Harvey Weinstein and James Dolan , finding insufficient evidence of a commercial exchange for sex. Kellye Croft, a Tennessee massage therapist, filed the suit in January, alleging that Dolan pressured her into having sex with him during an Eagles tour in 2013. She also alleged that Dolan arranged for her to meet with Weinstein at the Peninsula Hotel in 2014, and that Weinstein sexually assaulted her.
During the L.A. leg of the Eagles tour, Croft was paid $700 per day in cash, plus $8,400, even though she did relatively little massage work, according to her lawsuit.
She alleged that she was put up at a hotel to be “at Dolan’s beck and call for sexual favors,” even though she was “disgusted” by him. In his ruling , Judge Percy Anderson found that Croft’s allegations did not rise to the level of sex trafficking, as defined in federal law. “Plaintiff continues to rely on the speculative conclusion that she was paid those amounts because of her sexual relationship with Dolan and not because she was hired for the tour as a masseuse,” the judge wrote.
Croft also alleged that she was promised additional work on other tours, and feared losing out on those opportunities if she rejected Dolan. The judge likewise found that unconvincing as a basis for a sex trafficking claim. The complaint “alleges multiple reasons and theories as to why Plaintiff continued her relationship with Dolan, incl.