Snyder Drops Lawsuit Against Washington City Paper

ASHBURN, Va. - Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder has dropped his defamation lawsuit against Washington City Paper and one of its writers.

Both Snyder and the newspaper issued statements Saturday night announcing the news, but with different interpretations.

In an email from the Redskins publicity office, Snyder said that in court filings, "... the Washington City Paper and its writer have admitted that certain assertions contained in the article that are the subject of the lawsuit were, in fact, unintended by the defendants to be read literally as true. Therefore, we see nothing further to be gained at this time through continuing the lawsuit."

In its own statement, the newspaper said, "We are pleased that Dan Snyder has finally ended his gratuitous litigation against Washington City Paper and staff writer Dave McKenna."

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