LOS ANGELES — The ex-girlfriend of Detroit Lions wide receiver Dennis Northcutt has dropped a lawsuit claiming he arranged his cousin to beat her up at a Hollywood restaurant while she was pregnant.

Sharri Henry filed papers in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday asking that the lawsuit against Northcutt be dismissed. The papers did not reveal reasons why.

The lawsuit claimed Northcutt arranged for his cousin to hit Henry in the face and disfigure her at the Falcon Club in Hollywood on May 17, 2008, while she was four months pregnant.

She later gave birth to a boy. Northcutt has denied wrongdoing.

Northcutt joined the Lions this season after two seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars and seven with the Cleveland Browns.