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Civil Litigation

Mar. 28, 2024

Knicks and Rangers’ owner says sex assault claim is madeup

James Dolan, who owns Madison Square Garden, is also accused of trafficing the women to Harvey Weinstein at a Los Angeles hotel.

James Dolan, the chief executive of Madison Square Garden, at Radio City Music Hall in midtown Manhattan on June 13, 2023. (The New York Times)

James Dolan, who owns Madison Square Garden and is CEO of the company that owns the New York Rangers and New York Knicks, denied he sexually assaulted a masseuse or engaged in sex trafficking in a brief that seeks the dismissal of the woman’s lawsuit.

Allegations by Kellye Croft were “completely manufactured,” wrote E. Danya Perry of Perry Law in New York, which represents Dolan. Perry called Croft an opportunist who is looking for a quick...

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