Well, this is from the local NBC affiliate's website. It certainly doesn't sound as if he's dropping the lawsuit.
http://www.wnbc.com/politics/3659053/detail.html
Man McGreevey Says He Had Affair With Returns To Israel
POSTED: 7:57 am EDT August 17, 2004
UPDATED: 4:06 pm EDT August 17, 2004
RISHON LETZION, Israel -- A tense and tired Golan Cipel -- the Israeli man at the center of New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey's resignation saga -- said Tuesday he flew home to Israel to muster strength from his family and would return to the United States soon.
In front of his parents' apartment in an 8-story building in a Tel Aviv suburb, Cipel spoke in public for the first time since McGreevey resigned last week.
Cipel would say only that he has had a "very difficult time." He refused to answer questions, pointing to legal restrictions.
Later, in a written statement, Cipel vowed to return to the United States to "make sure justice comes to light.".........
Speaking in Hebrew, he said: "I have had a very difficult time. I have come to Israel to be with my family at this time. I cannot expand on anything for legal reasons."
Cipel declined to answer reporters' questions, but later released the statement saying, "Sexual harassment is a very difficult thing and those who haven't been through it don't understand how difficult it can be."
The statement went on, "I came to Israel to muster strength with my family, with my friends ... and I intend to return to the United States within a few weeks to make sure justice will come to light."