An $11.5-million lawsuit against former Jays slugger Edwin Encarnacion has been thrown out of court after a judge ruled on a jurisdictional issue.

Encarnacion, 33, now with the Cleveland Indians, was alleged to have infected Ashley Lebron, a 25-year-old family friend, with two diseases through unprotected sex in the Dominican Republic in 2016.

Justice Arthur Spatt ruled on the different jurisdictions in the suit, which was filed in New York against Encarnacion, a native of the Dominican Republic. Spatt ruled the New York court has no jurisdiction and dismissed the lawsuit Wednesday.

Lebron, who lives in New York, claimed the former Jay infected her with genital herpes and chlamydia. In dismissing the suit, the court also stated Lebron could not be conclusive about whether Encarnacion knew he had any diseases.

In the suit, she stated that she confronted Encarnacion, who denied infecting her and contended she could have contracted the diseases in other ways, such as swimming in a river.

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