Four weeks after it was filed, a lawsuit against a current Florida State football player is no more.
According to ESPN.com, a civil lawsuit filed by Tallahassee attorney Adam Ellis against Chris Casher Oct. 1 has been voluntarily dismissed. The suit stated that the defensive end had agreed to pay Ellis $2,500 for his legal services in connection to the May FSU student code of conduct hearing involving Casher; in a July letter, Ellis claimed he had received no payment.
A source told ESPN.com, however, that Casher had made restitution to Ellis, prompting the attorney to drop the suit earlier this week. A pretrial hearing on the matter had been scheduled for Nov. 4.
Casher appeared at the hearing for his role in the Jameis Winston sexual assault allegations. He was sentenced to one year of probation as a result.
In an unrelated matter, Casher was suspended for the Seminoles’ regular season opener before being reinstated in the days leading up to Week 2.
The redshirt sophomore has played in six games this season, with one start. He’s listed as an “OR,” along with Jacob Pugh, behind starter Mario Edwards as FSU’s “Jack” linebacker on the depth chart heading into the Thursday night game with Louisville.
