Seven years after a woman alleges that Dak Prescott sexually assaulted her, Dallas police announced Thursday that they will not pursue charges against the Cowboys quarterback.

An investigation determined there wasn’t enough evidence against Prescott to proceed with the case.

“I want to thank the Dallas Police Department and Dallas County District Attorneys’ office for their thorough investigation of the allegations against Dak Prescott,” the quarterback’s attorney, Levi McCathern, said in a statement. “As we knew they would, they found nothing in their extensive exploration of the facts that would support a criminal prosecution.”

The news comes the same week that the accuser’s attorney, Yoel Zehaie, filed a motion to dismiss Prescott’s lawsuit against the accuser. Prescott is seeking $1 million in response to what his attorney’s claim was an extortion attempt on the woman’s behalf. They maintain that the woman asked for $100 million to drop the sexual assault allegation.

The women’s attorney also filed a countersuit in civil court.

McCathern said in a statement on Thursday, “We are confident that at the end of law enforcement’s investigation into the extortion case that they will find the accuser and her attorneys just as guilty as Dak is innocent.

“As I have said from the beginning, Dak is a great football player, and an even better human. He would never assault any woman. These false accusations were brought up 7 years after the alleged events for one reason and one reason only — to line the pockets of the accuser and her attorneys. Their behavior is an affront to all the true survivors of sexual assault.”

Zehaie told WFAA-TV in Dallas this week that Prescott’s lawsuit “was meant to silence his sexual assault victim” and “is in violation of Texas’s Anti Slapp Statute which prohibits different forms of retaliatory lawsuits.”

Zehaie added in a statement on Thursday, according to ESPN, “We are proceeding with our counterclaims, even though Levi McCathern is using every tactic to prevent us from going to court.”

–Field Level Media

Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys are expected to work out a long-term contract extension in the offseason, making him one of the highest-paid quarterbacks in the league, NFL Network reported Sunday.

Prescott will hold a $59.455 million salary-cap hit in 2024, which represents the final season of the four-year, $160 million contract extension he signed in 2021.

Prescott also is due a $5 million roster bonus by the fifth day of the new league year.

Prescott followed up being named the NFC Offensive Player of the Month for November by completing 29 of 41 passes for 299 yards and three touchdowns in Dallas’ 41-35 win over the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday.

“I understand nobody’s opinion defines me, that’s the great part about life and that’s the great opportunity that we all have, that people can say whatever they want, but you know I have the pen, I have the paper and I’m the one writing,” Prescott told reporters on Thursday night. “So, because I’m playing as well as I am now doesn’t mean I’m going to stop, doesn’t mean I’m going to listen to them now.”

Prescott, 30, is completing a career-best 70.1 percent of his passes this season. He has thrown for 3,234 yards with a league-leading 26 touchdowns and six interceptions in 12 games.

A two-time Pro Bowl selection, Prescott owns a 70-39 record in 109 career starts since being picked by Dallas in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL Draft. He has thrown for 28,177 yards with 192 touchdowns and 71 interceptions.

–Field Level Media