The Gaslamp Killer has dropped his lawsuit against a woman who claimed that he raped her in 2013. On July 26, both the L.A.-based producer, whose real name is William Bensussen, and the accuser, Chelsea Tadros, posted a joint statement on their respective social media accounts, expressing their “mutual desire to move on with their lives and put this lawsuit behind them.”

The statement continues:

Mr. Bensussen discussed with Ms. Tadros the events of July 5, 2013 to understand the basis for her Twitter post on October 12, 2017. Mr. Bensussen did this in good faith as an earnest effort to resolve this issue. After their discussions, Ms. Tadros acknowledges she does not know who drugged her, and both parties recognize that Ms. Tadros could have been drugged by one of the many attendees that were present on July 5, 2013. Ms. Tadros continues to maintain that she was drugged and thereby unable to consent on July 5, 2013. Mr. Bensussen maintains that he has never drugged or raped anyone, and that he did not have any indication that Ms. Tadros was drugged or unable to consent. Furthermore, had Mr. Bensussen known or believed that Ms. Tadros did not or was unable to consent, he would not have engaged in any sexual activity.

When contacted by Pitchfork for further comment, the Gaslamp Killer’s lawyer Parag Amin said, “Both sides have made documents publicly available in this case, including declarations from witnesses so I invite all of your readers to review them before forming an opinion about this case.”

Chelsea Tadros’ attorney Erica Kim told Pitchfork, “It has been an honor to represent my client, Chelsea Tadros. I’m very happy with the dismissal and grateful that Chelsea will be able to move on with her life.”

Chelsea Tadros first went public with her allegations against the Gaslamp Killer in October 2017. According to Tadros’ initial statement, she and her friend RaeAn Medina met the Gaslamp Killer at a rooftop party on July 5, 2013 at the Standard Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. She claimed that the Gaslamp Killer handed them drinks, and, “after that, everything is pitch black except for a few sharp but at the same time, blurry, memories.” Tadros wrote that the Gaslamp Killer “had non-consensual sex with both of us while we were completely incapacitated.”

The Gaslamp Killer denied Chelsea Tadros’ allegations. “I would never drug a woman, and I would never put anyone in a situation where they were not in control, or take anything that they weren’t offering,” he wrote in a statement in October 2017. “Consent is intimate, and has left room for people who were not present to wonder what happened. In this case consent was between three people, in the form of an offer which I accepted.” He also claimed, “Chelsea’s version of this story is not true.”

Shortly after Tadros posted her allegations online, the Gaslamp Killer sued Tadros and RaeAn Medina for defamation. In the lawsuit, he and his lawyers called Tadros’ allegations “malicious and fabricated” and they refer to the sexual encounter as “consensual.” His lawsuit against Medina was dismissed months later.

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