ATLANTA - A federal judge has thrown out a civil lawsuit accusing comedian Katt Williams of attacking four women outside a Midtown Atlanta lounge in 2016, ruling their claims were filed too late to proceed and that service was not completed with the required diligence.

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U.S. District Judge William M. Ray II granted Williams’ motion for summary judgment on Nov. 7, dismissing all claims and directing the clerk to close the case. The court found the women failed to serve Williams within Georgia’s statute of limitations and did not act diligently enough to make late service relate back to their timely filings.

The ruling caps a yearslong dispute stemming from a Feb. 28, 2016 encounter on West Peachtree Street. The women, identified in filings as Selena Boston, Jalisa Rhodes,

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