General Discussion

And even if it wasn't, that still wouldn't have been a consideration in 2016 because there were civil statute of limitations in New York. Florida's law on sex crimes against minors was expanded in 2020 to not have a statute of limitations, but because the claims happened prior to that, statute of limitations would apply and the case would be beyond them I believe.

And then there's that the lawsuit was filed in California which was dismissed for failure to state a proper claim. But since the attacks referenced didn't occur in California, there was no chance of a criminal case being filed there. The suit was later refiled in New York before being dropped. The New York lawsuit was filed by a patent attorney which doesn't lend a lot of credibility given that's not who you would go to for this sort of thing and a good lawyer wouldn't take that case due to inexperience in the field. A divorce lawyer for example shouldn't take a murder case in good conscience for not being able to put forth a good defense.

It's exceedingly unlikely a prosecutor is going to go after a false affidavit in a civil case due to the high bar of proving the lie and intent.

NY law: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/n-y-suspended-its-statute-of-limitations-on-child-sex-abuse-a-flood-of-claims-emerged
Florida law: https://helpingsurvivors.org/statute-of-limitations/florida/