A $70 million lawsuit filed against Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs by the mother of his children was dismissed Thursday in Baltimore County Circuit Court -- and an attorney for the player said the couple is trying to reconcile.
Records show that the lawsuit was "voluntarily dismissed in its entirety," and the same day, Candace Williams also successfully petitioned a District Court judge to rescind a court order against Suggs that required him to stay away from her.
"The two of them are trying to work on their relationship," said Lynn Hoffman, an attorney for Suggs. "They were hugging in the [court] hallway. They could be sitting side-by-side right now with their kids."
Williams' attorney, Eric Gordon, did not return a phone call seeking comment.
Williams alleged in a petition for a protective order filed Dec. 4 that Suggs struck her and spilled bleach on her and their 1-year-old child on Nov. 29 after an argument over game tickets, acknowledging that she had spit on him and kicked his arm.
She subsequently filed a petition for custody of the children and a civil lawsuit, alleging assault and battery. That suit contained additional claims that Suggs broke her nose on Nov. 3.
All of the allegations were made in civil court, and Suggs was not charged with a crime.
At a hearing on the protective order on Dec. 11, Suggs agreed to stay away from Williams and pay her $35,000 a month to cover expenses for their children. They agreed to joint custody and worked out an unsupervised visitation schedule, with Suggs' mother, Laverne, acting as an intermediary.
Williams pushed for the use of an $800,000 Windsor Mill home owned by Suggs' mother, where the couple had lived after a flood damaged the player's home, but she settled for use of his 2008 Hummer.
The two sat feet away from each other during the hearing and did not make eye contact, and Williams refused to hug Suggs' mother.
With the protective order rescinded, the terms of the agreement are no longer in place, Hoffman said.
"He's obviously happy that this is all behind him, and he can move on now with his kids," she said.