Katt Williams won a major legal victory with the dismissal of a $1.7 million judgment that was awarded to his former assistant.
Vibe reports that Angelina Triplett-Hill, the plaintiff in the suit, filed a lawsuit in 2016 against Williams claiming the comedian assaulted her in 2014 on a film set. According to the complaint, Triplett-Hill claims she was struck multiple times in the face, fell to the ground, and became unconscious because of the incident.
When Williams ignored the suit, Triplett-Hill was awarded the default judgement.
When the judge discovered that Triplett-Hill could not produce a police report or hospital records of the alleged incident, Williams was handed a victory in the case.
In a statement, Jeremiah Reynolds, Williams’s attorney, said that he knew his client was innocent throughout the legal battle.
“Katt said he did nothing wrong and would never pay the woman a cent. He accepted the risks and understood that the plaintiff would try to play on sympathy at trial to ask for even more money,” Reynolds said.
During court, Reynolds also argued that Triplett-Hill was not employed by his client and Williams’ real assistant made an appearance in court, solidifying their victory.
“At trial, we argued that the plaintiff had created a false narrative of working for Katt as his assistant and faked the incident,” Reynolds continued. “The plaintiff tried to play on the jurors’ emotions, supposed ‘power imbalances,’ and did everything she could to try to bring in irrelevant and prejudicial evidence about Katt. Judge Snyder excluded it all.”
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