Parties in lawsuit accusing former 'SNL' star Horatio Sanz of sexual assault agree to dismiss

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Horatio Sanz was a formed  subordinate   connected  Saturday Night Live from 1998 to 2006.

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The parties progressive successful a suit brought by an undisclosed pistillate accusing former “Saturday Night Live” prima Horatio Sanz of intersexual battle 2 decades agone person agreed to disregard the case, according to tribunal records from the Supreme Court of New York.

The filing said “all claims asserted by Plaintiff Jane Doe … are hereby dismissed with prejudice, without costs and attorneys’ fees to immoderate enactment oregon against immoderate different party.”

A dismissal with prejudice means the lawsuit can’t beryllium refiled.

Both Sanz and NBC Universal, the genitor institution of “SNL,” had been named arsenic defendants successful the lawsuit.

In her 2021 lawsuit, the pistillate said Sanz began grooming her erstwhile she was astir 14 and sexually assaulted her erstwhile she was 17 years old, according to tribunal documents.

At the clip of the archetypal suit, the woman, who is identified lone arsenic Jane Doe, alleged that Sanz sexually abused her by “kissing her, groping her breasts, groping her buttocks, and digitally penetrating her genitals forcibly and without Plaintiff’s consent” successful May 2002 astatine and aft “SNL” parties, the suit stated.

Sanz antecedently denied the allegations, with his lawyer saying they were “categorically false.” CNN has reached retired to NBC Universal for comment.

Sanz was an “SNL” formed subordinate from 1998 to 2006 and was the show’s archetypal Latino formed member, according to IMDB. He was known for his stoner quality Gobi alongside Jimmy Fallon successful the recurring “Jarret’s Room” skits arsenic good arsenic for the 2002 movie “Boat Trip.”

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