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The man who claims John Travolta attempted to sexually assault him during a massage has decided to drop the case after he disagreed with his lawyer Okorie Okorocha on how to handle the case. The second masseur in the case, known as John Doe #2 plans to go forward with his lawsuit for $2 million.
The masseur known only as John Doe Number One, whose claims of sexual assault during a massage session set off a firestorm for the actor, has dropped out of the lawsuit amid mounting evidence apparently contradicting his allegations.
“Let’s just say we had differences in opinion of how to handle the case and decided to part ways,” his lawyer Okorie Okorocha tells PEOPLE.
The notice of dismissal was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.
A second masseur remains on the lawsuit, seeking $2 million from Travolta over the star’s alleged behavior during a massage session at an Atlanta-based resort.
Travolta’s lawyer Marty Singer has strongly denied the allegations from both accusers, calling the claims “absurd” and “fiction.”
“We’ll disprove [Doe Number Two’s claims], but we need specifics first,” Singer tells PEOPLE. “It’s hard to disprove something when you don’t have more specific allegations.”
Radar is reporting that John Doe #2 would settle for $250,000!
“My client will settle for $250k to make this go away quickly and without having any further action being taken in this case,” Okorocha tells RadarOnline.com exclusively. “My client wants his life back and for that to happen at this point we would be willing to accept a settlement. I have been speaking with Marty Singer about establishing the ground rules for arbitration/mediation in this case. We haven’t agreed on anything yet, or which private judge will hear the case. I want it to be one judge, Marty Singer would like more than one judge. These are sticking points that we can work out if this case doesn’t settle. I haven’t discussed any settlement figures with Marty yet but I anticipate we will be having those discussions very soon.
“Look my client is a very tall man, weighs about 300 pounds and is also a personal trainer so a private judge could absolutely look at him and wonder how much in damages he really suffered. If this could settle quickly, well, obviously, that would be the best result for all parties involved,” Okorocha says.
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