OMAHA- A filing last week from lawyers representing both Charles Herbster and Sen. Julie Slama confirmed that the two parties had negotiated an agreement to drop their lawsuits with prejudice, disallowing them from suing each other again for the same reason.

Neither side would discuss details about the move, but Sen. Slama's lawyer stated that "the Parties have dismissed their litigation against each other and will make no further statement on the matter."

Herbster originally sued Sen. Slama in April, denying Slama's accusation that the former gubernatorial candidate had groped her and saying that the claims were "damaging to his character and reputation and was political."

Slama sued Herbster back just days after, reaffirming her claim that Herbster had touched her inappropriately during a 2019 fundraising dinner in Omaha. Slama's lawsuit alleged that the former gubernatorial candidate had reached up her skirt and touched her without her consent.

Both lawsuits followed allegations by eight women stating that Herbster had groped them. He denied all of them. Slama was, for a while, the only woman to speak on the record by name, until another woman came forward. This woman was not sued by Herbster.

Herbster's team claimed that the allegations were part of a political conspiracy by Gov. Pete Ricketts to help his endorsee Jim Pillen. Both men denied being part of any political conspiracy.

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