Lawsuit dropped in case stemming from harassment settlement

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s former House speaker has dropped a lawsuit demanding that a woman give back the $110,000 she received in a secret sexual harassment settlement involving them.
An attorney for ex-House Speaker Jeff Hoover and two other men announced Friday that his clients agreed to dismiss their lawsuit against the woman, a former Republican staffer.
The dismissal came as the woman’s attorney prepared to argue for the lawsuit’s dismissal in a court hearing