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Woman who accused rapper Nelly of sexual assault won't testify

A woman who said the rapper Nelly raped her on his tour bus in a Seattle suburb last weekend is dropping her pursuit of criminal charges.

Lawyer says her client wanted to stop the investigation and would refuse to testify in court

Rapper Nelly, seen here before performing a 2015 concert in northern Iraq, was accused of rape Oct. 7 by a woman who has since dropped charges, saying she wishes she hadn't called 911. (Seivan M. Salim/The Associated Press)

A woman who said the rapper Nelly raped her on his tour bus in a Seattle suburb last weekend is dropping her pursuit of criminal charges.

News outlets report that lawyer Karen Koehler said in a statement Friday that her client wanted to stop the investigation and would refuse to testify in court.

Koehler says the woman "wishes she had not called 911 because she believes the system is going to fail her."

Auburn, Wash. police arrested Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Iral Haynes Jr., Oct. 7 in his tour bus at a Walmart. He was booked into jail on suspicion of second-degree rape and released later that day.

He has not been charged with a crime.

Nelly's attorney, Scott Rosenblum, has called the sexual assault claim a "completely fabricated allegation."