Part of Bobby Valentino’s defense of his now infamous “relationship” with a transgender escort is that she was extorting him after video captured the two of them together went viral.

The singer adamantly denied claims he was ever with the woman now-identified as Reima Houston and also alleged that the video was recorded in-order to extort money from him because of his celebrity status.

That reasoning is now being thrown out. According to the celebrity gossip site Fameolous, who also posted the original video, Bobby V and Reima had a hearing this morning at Fulton County Court over the extortion charge he filed. He reportedly still faces criminal charges for assault, battery and stalking.

See a Facebook post by Reima Houston about the new developments as well as a copy of the dismissed extortion filing below.