The "Stranger Things" plagiarism lawsuit isn't headed to trial after all.

The trial was set to begin May 7 in Los Angeles, but on Sunday, the suit's plaintiff, Charles Kessler, withdrew his claim, per Deadline. He cited documents from 2010 and 2013 that proved the show's creators, Matt and Ross Duffer, had independently conceived of the story. Kessler had previously accused them of basing "Stranger Things" on ideas that he said he pitched them during an encounter at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival.

"After hearing the deposition testimony this week of the legal expert I hired, it is now apparent to me that, whatever I may have believed in the past, my work had nothing to do with the creation of Stranger Things," Kessler said in part in his statement Sunday.

Netflix had been clear about its support for the Duffers since the lawsuit was filed and, unsurprisingly, continued to be once the claim was withdrawn. The streamer released a statement reiterating that "'Stranger Things' is a ground-breaking original creation by The Duffer Brothers" and that it is "proud of this show and of our friends Matt and Ross."

The news clears up the controversy surrounding the show as it heads into its third season. The latest installment in the Duffer brothers' series is due to premiere on July 4.

[via: Deadline]