Rob Kardashian has dropped his assault lawsuit against his ex-fiancée Blac Chyna, just days before his case was set to go to trial.
The 34-year-old filed to dismiss the lawsuit without prejudice for the sake of their 5-year-old daughter Dream, and a judge has approved his motion.
In a statement to Page Six, Rob said: “My love for Dream far outweighs my desire to proceed with my claims against her mother in a public trial.”
“Now that the court has ruled that there is sufficient evidence to warrant a jury trial on my claim for assault, for our daughter’s sake, I am dismissing the action and focusing on my co-parenting relationship with Chyna.”
Rob, 34, and Chyna, 33, got engaged in in April 2016 following a whirlwind romance.
After Chyna fell pregnant, the couple welcomed their daughter Dream in November 2016, before they called it quits in February 2017.
Rob sued Chyna in September that same year, alleging that she committed domestic violence against him in December 2016 at the home they once shared.
The former KUWTK star claimed Chyna tried to strangle him with an iPhone charger cord, while under the influence of drugs and alcohol.Â
Rob also accused Chyna of pointing a gun at him and threatening his life.
In response to Rob’s dismissal, Chyna’s lawyer Lynne Ciani said: “Rob Kardashian should have thought of his daughter Dream before he filed his malicious and baseless assault and battery lawsuit.”
“Rob has sought to use his wealth and power via this vexatious lawsuit to smear Chyna as a mother and even as a human being for more than four years.”
“Rob dropped his case on the eve of trial, not because he suddenly wanted to drop the case ‘for the sake of his daughter,’ but because he knew his assault and battery accusations against Chyna were false.”
“In other words, Rob’s avoidance of the serious consequences of an adverse jury verdict is why he dropped his case, not his supposed ‘concern’ for his daughter.”
“Chyna will now seek relief from the court to make sure that Rob cannot refile his lawsuit and to make him pay for her substantial litigation costs,” the statement concluded.
