NBA superstar and former first-overall draft pick Zion Williamson has been accused of rape and physical abuse in Los Angeles by a Jane Doe claiming to be his former girlfriend, according to a lawsuit obtained by Daily Mail.
In addition to two specific rape allegations, the New Orleans Pelicans power forward is accused of a continuing pattern of ‘abusive, controlling, and threatening behavior toward Plaintiff,’ read the filing provided to Daily Mail by Doe’s attorney.
‘We and our client do not want to litigate this case in the press,’ the statement from the Lanier Law Firm’s Sam Taylor began. ‘However, I will say this is a very serious case as reflected in the Complaint filed in Los Angeles County. Our client looks forward to her day in court before a jury of her peers to obtain justice in this matter.’
Daily Mail has also reached out Williamson’s agent for comment.
According to the filing, Doe and Williamson began dating around 2018 when he was attending Duke. They allegedly remained together from 2018 through June of 2023, by which time he was playing in the NBA for the Pelicans.
The Plaintiff claims Williamson abused, controlled and threatened her throughout their relationship, adding that the abuse was ‘sexual, physical, emotional and financial in nature.’
NBA superstar and former first-overall draft pick Zion Williamson has been accused of rape in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles by a woman identified as Jane Doe
Doe claims to have been raped twice by Williamson after he moved to Beverly Hills in the fall of 2020 to train during COVID.
After being picked up at a hotel by a person described in the complaint as Williamson’s agent, she was brought to the 6-foot-6 NBA superstar’s home to find he wasn’t there, according to the filing. Doe claims when Williamson eventually did return home late that evening, she tried top leave only for him to call her ‘stuck up’ and a ‘b****’ and demand sex.
When she refused, Williamson , ‘pinned Plaintiff down on the bed with her hands behind her back and raped her,’ according to the lawsuit.
It’s already been a turbulent offseason for Williamson, who recently represented the Pelicans at the NBA Draft Lottery earlier this month.
The mother of his young daughter was arrested in April for allegedly stalking, threatening and beating another woman romantically linked to the power forward.
Police in the exclusive New Orleans suburb of Kenner, Louisiana arrested Ahkeema Love after she allegedly egged her rival’s home, threatening the woman on social media, and later attacking her at Williamson’s house. Cops say the unnamed victim had lacerations on her face, as reported by WDSU.com.
According to officers, Love fled the scene but was arrested nearby on Royal Palm Drive in the Gabriel development, a gated community along Lake Pontchartrain.
Love’s bond was set at $50,000 on Tuesday as she was charged with three counts of home invasion, aggravated battery, and stalking.
Furthermore, Love has been ordered to stay away from the victim and surrender her pistol.
Neither woman is believed to be the Plaintiff in the rape lawsuit against Williamson.
