LAWSUIT AGAINST BABE RUTH WITHDRAWN
New York City (JFK+50) On April 27, 1923, Miss Dolores Dixon withdrew her lawsuit seeking $50,000 in damages against New York Yankee slugger George Herman "Babe" Ruth*.
Miss Dixon had charged the "Sultan of Swat" with seduction and assault.
Mr. Ruth's attorney, Hyman Bushell, requested dismissal of the case citing he had a signed confession from Miss Dixon admitting the lawsuit was part of a frame-up.
At the time of the announcement, Babe Ruth was in training in the South.
*G.H. "Babe" Ruth (1895-1947) was born in Baltimore, MD. & became a major league baseball player for the Boston Red Sox, NY Yankees & Boston Braves. GHBR was 7 times World Series Champion, 12 times American League Homerun leader, 5 times American League RBI leader. He was inducted into the BB Hall of Fame in 1936.
SOURCE
"Admits 'Frame-Up' Against Babe Ruth," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., April 27, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, ww.loc.gov/
