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DOE 9 v. VARSITY BRANDS, LLC

C.A. No. 6:22-3509-HMH.

679 F.Supp.3d 464 (2023)

Jane DOE 9, Plaintiff, v. VARSITY BRANDS, LLC; Varsity Spirit, LLC; Varsity Brands Holding Company, Inc.; U.S. All Star Federation, Inc. d/b/a U.S. All Star Federation; USA Federation for Sport Cheering d/b/a USA Cheer; Charlesbank Capital Partners, LP; Bain Capital, LP; Jeff Webb, individually; Rockstar Cheer & Dance, Inc.; Katherine Anne Foster, as the personal representative of the Estate of Scott Foster; Kathy Foster, individually; Josh Guyton; Traevon Black a/k/a Trey Black n/k/a Tracey Black; and other unknown defendants, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Greenville Division.

Signed June 26, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexandra Marie Benevento, Amy E. Willbanks, Bakari T. Sellers, Jessica Lerer Fickling, Joseph Preston Strom, Jr., Mario A. Pacella, Strom Law Firm LLC, Columbia, SC, Whitney Boykin Harrison, McGowan Hood and Felder, Columbia, SC, Chad A. McGowan, Steven Randall Hood, McGowan Hood Felder and Johnson, Rock Hill, SC, for Plaintiff.

Beattie B. Ashmore, Beattie B. Ashmore Law Office, Greenville, SC, Helen Gugel, Pro Hac Vice, Leon Kotlyar, Pro Hac Vice, Ropes and Gray LLP, New York, NY, Robert G. Jones, Pro Hac Vice, Ropes and Gray LLP, Boston, MA, for Defendants Varsity Brands LLC, Varsity Brands Holding Company Inc.

Ashley Prickett Cuttino, Fred Wilson Suggs, Jr., Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak and Stewart, Greenville, SC, Deborah B. Barbier, Barbier Law Office, Columbia, SC, for Defendant Varsity Spirit LLC.

Taylor Joy Stewart, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Savannah, GA, for Defendant U.S. All Star Federation Inc.

Geoffrey William Gibbon, James W. Fayssoux, Jr., Paul Swain Landis, Fayssoux and Landis Attorneys at Law, Greenville, SC, Brendan Patrick Gaffney, Pro Hac Vice, Katherine S. Wright, Pro Hac Vice, Paul Edward Coggins, Pro Hac Vice, Locke Lord LLP, Dallas, TX, for Defendant Jeff Webb.

Curtis W. Dowling, Matthew Gregory Gerrald, Barnes Alford Stork and Johnson, Columbia, SC, for Defendants Rockstar Cheer & Dance Inc, Kathy Foster.

Christian Stegmaier, Andrew Travis Smith, Evan Markus Gessner, Collins and Lacy PC, Columbia, SC, for Defendant Katherine Anne Foster.

William Glenn Yarborough, III, William G. Yarborough III Attorney at Law LLC, Greenville, SC, for Defendant Josh Guyton.

OPINION & ORDER

Before the court is Defendant Jeff Webb's ("Webb") motion to dismiss Plaintiff's complaint under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(2) and 12(b)(6). For the reasons below, the court grants in part and denies in part Webb's motion.

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