Former Basketball Wives Star Jennifer Williams Drops Lawsuit Against Nia Crooks

July 20, 2012 by Hollywoodite

Jennifer Williams has been pursuing legal action against former friend Nia Crooks since the airing of a Basketball Wives episode in which Crooks slaps Williams in the head following this sarcastic retort from Williams: “I wish you would” (TMZ TV’s hosts lied or misunderstood the sarcasm by calling “I wish you would” a goad).

Sources claim Williams abandoned the suit earlier this month, without settlement, filing papers to end the action. Williams’ rep explains she is ”already dealing with her difficult divorce and did not feel that it was necessary to continue to pursue civil action.”

Crooks’ rep responded with the following barb: “We have always maintained that the frivolous lawsuit brought by Jennifer Williams was nothing short of a last-gasp attempt to maintain her dwindling relevance on the Basketball Wives. Nia is happy to put this issue behind her and start looking ahead to work on her own career.”

Last month, Crooks told S2S Magazine: “I just wish my reaction wouldn’t have been that. I can’t take that back now, but that’s the way I was raised. That’s how I grew up. That’s a normal reaction of mine.”