NBA player Williamson accused of rape in civil lawsuit

Zion Williamson, a player for the New Orleans Pelicans, is facing rape allegations in a Los Angeles court case.

Williamson, 24, is accused of two rapes, both of which occurred in Beverly Hills in 2020, according to court documents.

The accuser is suing damages for false imprisonment, domestic violence, burglary, and stalking.

The alleged abuse is “sexual, physical, emotional, and financial in nature,” according to the lawsuit.

The NBA star’s legal team will demand “significant damages for this defamatory lawsuit,” according to Williamson’s attorneys, who released a statement in which the allegations were “categorically false and reckless.”

According to the legal firm Barrasso-Usdin-Kupperman-Freeman &amp, Sarver, this appears to be an attempt to exploit a professional athlete for financial gain rather than any legitimate grievance.

The organization claims that Williamson had previously reported the complainant to law enforcement for allegedly extorting people.

The woman’s lawyer, Sam Taylor II, who works for the Lanier Law Firm in Los Angeles, stated in a statement to US media that the complaint’s allegations are “very detailed.”