Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal Of Dan Rassier's Lawsuit Against Jacob Wetterling Investigators

CBS Minnesota

May 4, 2021

An appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against Stearns County and investigators in the Jacob Wetterling case filed by a man who authorities publicly named as a person of interest in the boy’s disappearance.

Dan Rassier’s lawsuit, which accused investigators of botching the Wetterling investigation and damaging Rassier’s reputation, was filed in 2017 and dismissed by a judge in March 2020.

Rassier’s appeal was denied Friday. He was seeking $2 million in damages from the defendants.

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