The day before jury selection was supposed to begin in the civil battery case against Curtis Hill, the four women who accused Hill of groping them dropped the charges. The dismissal of the case comes after seven years of legal battles over an incident that allegedly took place in an Indianapolis bar in 2018.
Hill was a rising star in Republican politics before the allegations, but he lost the Republican nomination for attorney general to Todd Rokita in 2020. He was a candidate earlier this year in the Republican primary race for governor.
Hill issued a statement that said the dismissal is a vindication of his longstanding denial of the claims.
“There was no financial settlement. There were no conditions for dismissal,” he said. “The case against me was dismissed with prejudice by each of the plaintiffs, thus ending this odyssey of unfounded allegations that have dogged me for nearly seven years and have served as the fuel for political and personal attacks against me.”
