Lemon's attorney, Caroline Polisi, said the lawsuit was a money grab on Hice's part, who previously claimed to have been offered $500,000 to settle the case last year.
Lemon has never paid the plaintiff a dime over the course of this unfortunate spectacle, and he is looking forward to moving on with his life.' 'This case was a crass money grab from its inception,' Polisi said. Hice had previously said he was with co-workers at Murf’s Backstreet Tavern in Sag Harbor, New York, in July 2018, when he met Lemon. Hice claimed the meeting took a bizarre turn quickly when Lemon allegedly put his hands down his own shorts, rubbed his genitalia, and tried to force Hice to smell his fingers. That is when Hice said he 'fled the bar' and took five to ten minutes to collect himself before he was able to return inside, having recovered from the incident which he claims left him 'shocked and humiliated,' according to the lawsuit. When he returned, Lemon was gone, while Hice claimed he was left 'emotionally devastated by Mr.
