A woman attacked New Orleans Pelicans, Zion Williamson, accused rape as well as “nationality, physical, emotional and financial” abuse over the multi -year relationship, according to a lawsuit submitted to the Los Angeles Supreme Court on Thursday.
The woman, who was recognized as Jin de, accuses Williamson of “a continuous pattern of abusive behavior, control and threat” over the course of the relationship that started during the first year of Williamson in Duke and lasted from 2018 to 2023.
The 12 -page civil complaint, which ESPN obtained, says the alleged measures of Williamson occurred in multiple states, including Luisiana and California.
The court raised the details of the alleged rape accidents in 2020; The first that happens in September in Beverly Hills, California. According to the complaint, Williamson told the woman, “She was tired and wanted to sleep,” but Williamson told her that she could not go to sleep without having sex with him. Then he claimed that he hung her and her hands behind her back and raped her. The file added that Williamson threw the woman’s phone across the room after that and suffocated her.
A second rape claimed to have occurred in October 2020, also in Beverly Hills. The woman says she was “violently raped” after expressing plans to visit a friend in San Diego. In both cases, the woman and Williamson were accused of taking her phone “a period of time”.
In addition to the allegations of rape, the lawsuit is separated from the accusations of strangulation “with this force to the point that she was reasonably feared for her life and eventually lost awareness several times.” She also accuses him of entering her apartment without approval and stealing her personal property.
The lawsuit accused Williamson “a threat to kill” women and her family members several times.
It seeks to obtain financial compensation, including punitive damage, for emotional distress. ESPN source told that women seek “anywhere from $ 18 million to $ 50 million.”
“We take these allegations in the maximum seriousness, and we deny them unambiguously,” Williamson’s lawyer at Parasu Kupperman And Sarv, LLC said in a statement. “The allegations in the complaint are categorically wrong and reckless … This appears to be an attempt to exploit a professional athlete led by the financial motive instead of any legal complaint.”
Lawyers say that Williamson and the woman had a “follow -up, informal relationship” that ended years ago and that “at any time at or after the relationship directly, the plaintiff raised any concerns.” They added that Williamson had reported “extortion” for law enforcement and that he was planning to file a counter.
Lawyers said: “While these allegations are wrong, we realize the danger of claims and welcome the opportunity to prove the truth in the court.
“They will be” very careful about litigation in this in the press, “said women’s lawyer, Sam Taylor II, who works with the law firm Lanere in Los Angeles.
“This is a very dangerous issue as it is reflected in the allegations in the complaint, which is somewhat detailed,” Taylor said, adding that his client “is really looking forward to her day in court when she can inform a jury from her peers of what happened to her and asks for justice.”
Pelicans spokesman postponed the comment on the Williamson Legal Team.
Williamson, 24, played one season in Duke before drafting pelicans in 2019 with the first comprehensive choice. Although gestures from all stars, Williamson has been greatly underwent his career due to a boom of injuries that limited him to 30 games or less in three of his five seasons in the American Professional League. He also sat in the entire 2021-22 season due to injury.
Its average reached 24.6 points while playing 30 games in 2024-25, where he got 56.7 % of the stadium, while average is 7.2 rebound and 5.3 profession. Suma Williamson was closed in March because the lower back bruise suffered a fall against Minnesota Timberolves.
On July 15, $ 8 million in Williamson’s contract became $ 39.4 million for the 2025-26 season. New Orleans represented earlier this month in the American Professional League lottery in the American Professional League, where he moved away with swan with selection No. 7.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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