New Orleans Pelicans Zion Williamson She was accused of raping a woman and says she is historian Previous Duke and No. 1 Total draft selection From 2018-2023.
In a civil lawsuit filed on Thursday in the Los Angeles County Supreme Court, a woman who was determined as Jin des is two details of two alleged cases in 2020, when Williamson raped her in the Beverly Hills apartment that he was renting at that time.
“These two accidents were not isolated,” the lawsuit states. “The defendant continued abuse, rape, assault, assault and plaintiffs in California and other states, including Louisiana and Texas, until the relationship ended in 2023.”
Williamson Lawyers at Parasu Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, LLC, denied the accusations in a statement sent to the Times on Friday.
“The allegations in the complaint are categorically and recklessly wrong.” “This seems to be an attempt to exploit a professional athlete led by financial motivation instead of any legal complaint.”
Williamson’s lawyers said that he was accused, “they have never been repeated, but they maintained an unofficial informal relationship.” The company added that “Mr. Williamson also intends to make counter -claims and search for significant damage to this defamatory lawsuit.”
Williamson defendant seeks to obtain unlimited damage to nine reasons for work, including assault, battery, domestic violence, robbery, chase and wrong prison.
“Our agent and we do not want to sue this case in the press. This is not our intention,” lawyer Sam Taylor of the law firm Lanere, who represents the accused, told the Times on Friday.
“However, I say that this is a very dangerous issue, which is reflected in the allegations in the complaint. Our customer only looks to her day in court where she can speak to a jury of her peers and inform them of what happened to her, how bad the matter and the vision of justice against Mr. Williamson.”
Taylor said that “as of now”, his client does not plan to file lawsuits in any of the other sites where the alleged incidents occurred.
The pelican did not immediately respond to the Times request for comment.
According to the lawsuit, the two started dating during Williamson’s student, and only a year in Duke, where he played during the 2018-19 season.
“During their relationship, the defendant participated in a continuous pattern of abusive behavior, control and threat to the plaintiff,” the lawsuit states. “His illegal behavior occurred in Louisiana and then continued through several states. The abuse was sexual, physical, emotional and financial in nature.”
Williamson moved to Beverly Hills for training and renting a house in the area during the fall of 2020, according to the file. The lawsuit provides clear details of two alleged cases in which Williamson raped the accused, “on or around” September 23, 2020, and on October 10, 2020.
The lawsuit also claims that Williamson committed many “criminal violence” against his accused during his relationship, including that she strangled her several times that she lost consciousness, strangled her and/or suffocating her, hitting her and kicking her, threatening her to kill her and her family members, and indicates a loaded firearm.
Williamson “was either drunk or on cocaine” while claiming that he commits many of these actions, as the lawsuit says.
“As a direct and direct result of the defendant’s behavior, the plaintiff suffered from severe emotional distress, anxiety, depression, insult, sleep loss, and other physical and emotional injuries.” “Another direct and categorical result of the defendant’s behavior, the plaintiff incurred expenditures for medical and psychological therapy, treatment and advice.”
