Girl, 17, sues receiver Vick
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:10 am
Girl, 17, sues receiver Vick
BY ARMANDO SALGUERO
AND JEFF DARLINGTON
Dolphins receiver Marcus Vick is being sued for $6.3 million by a 17-year-old Christiansburg, Va., girl who claims she had a sexual relationship with Vick from January 2004 through December 2005.
According to a report in The Roanoke (Va.) Times, the girl identified herself as Jane Doe. She also claims to be the girl Vick, 22, had sex with on the January 2004 night that led to his arrest and conviction on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Montgomery County Circuit Court. It states that the girl was a 15-year-old honors student at Christiansburg High School when she first had sex with Vick in January 2004 while he was a quarterback at Virginia Tech. The girl's grandmother is the other plaintiff.
According to The Roanoke Times, the lawsuit claims Vick and the girl continued to have sex numerous times through December 2005. The lawsuit also contends Vick offered her alcohol and marijuana at various times, and that the girl saw Vick smoking marijuana. The lawsuit also states Vick wanted her to have sex with other men.
''As a direct and proximate result of Marcus Vick's unlawful sexual intercourse with Jane Doe, the plaintiff suffered, and will continue to suffer, psychological trauma associated with the child sexual abuse perpetrated by defendant Marcus Vick,'' the lawsuit states.
Vick, the brother of Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, was unavailable for comment. Lawrence Woodward, a Virginia Beach attorney representing Vick, told The Associated Press that Vick is aware of the case.
''We're just going to deal with it through the court process,'' Woodward said.
Dolphins representative Harvey Greene told The AP the team first found out about the suit Thursday.
''We are just starting to process all of the pertinent information,'' Greene said.