The restraining order was dropped. But the real case is still going. That is the twist in the Puka Nacua story: many people will read it the wrong way and think she backed off. But the bigger headline is simpler. The lawsuit is still moving forward. And the pressure around him is still there.
Puka Nacua Accuser Withdraws Restraining Order
The withdrawal wasn’t framed as surrender, it was framed as strategy. TMZ reports the accuser’s attorney said the temporary restraining order request was dropped to focus solely on the civil lawsuit, which is still moving forward, while Nacua’s side continues to deny key parts of the allegations and describe the biting as “horseplay.”
That is why this feels like short-term relief, not real safety. One filing going away can make it look like the pressure is fading. But it can also mean the focus is getting even stronger. Civil cases can drag on over money and reputation and private evidence fights. Puka did not get out of the story. The story just changed form.
There is also a longer segment that explains what the TRO being withdrawn does change and what it does not change and why the civil case is still the bigger danger.
Puka Nacua faces allegations of biting a woman multiple times | Pro Football Talk
The stakes stay the same because the civil lawsuit is still the weight-bearing part, and Reuters notes the case is tied to alleged antisemitic remarks and alleged biting, with Nacua’s attorney denying the antisemitic comment and calling the biting “horseplay.” In other words: the Rams don’t get closure, they get a quieter kind of pressure, one that lingers exactly where careers and endorsements feel it most.