A sexual assault case against CNN anchor Don Lemon has been dropped by the plaintiff after going to trial in January.

Court documents dated Monday and obtained by PEOPLE — naming Lemon, 56, as the defendant and Dustin Hice as the plaintiff — state that the "action should be voluntarily dismissed with prejudice."

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In a statement to PEOPLE via his attorney Robert Barnes, Hice said of the news: "After a lot of inner reflection and a deep dive into my memory, I have come to realize that my recollection of the events that occurred on the night in question when I first met CNN anchor Don Lemon were not what I thought they were when I filed this lawsuit. As a result, I am dropping the case."

Lemon's attorney, Caroline Polisi, also released a statement on Monday, which was obtained by The Hill, and called the lawsuit "a crass money grab from its inception"

"This has been a long and difficult journey for Don. Out of respect for the judicial process and my advice, he has had to remain silent in the face of a malicious and vulgar attack on his character," Polisi wrote. "Unfortunately, being a gay Black man in the media, he has had to deal with these sorts of attacks for quite some time ... The Court's ruling fully vindicates Mr. Lemon and brings an end to this abusive lawsuit."

Polisi did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.