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Josh Jackson, the Kansas product who used to be decided on fourth in the 2017 NBA Draft via the Phoenix Suns, has been accused of raping a lady in New York ultimate 12 months and then sending two girls to her condo in an obvious robbery strive in keeping with a lawsuit, The Kansas City Star is reporting. The girl, indexed as Jane Doe after a pass judgement on allowed her to deal with her anonymity, is accusing Jackson of attack and battery and is looking for damages from the ladies who broke into her condo. Jackson “emphatically denies” the allegations, in keeping with his legal professional, John Lauro.
According to the lawsuit, the lady stated she met Jackson in New York on Feb. 13, 2022, at a Super Bowl afterparty to which she used to be to start with invited via any other NBA participant, Andre Drummond. After Jackson and different partygoers helped her in finding her misplaced telephone, they went to 2 nightclubs prior to she went house. Eventually, Jackson texted her asking her to “come through,” allegedly providing her $1,500 to take action. She says she declined that cash, however met Jackson at his room on the New York Edition, a lodge in Manhattan. She claimed she used to be now not there for intercourse and assumed folks could be there.
The girl stated she used to be drained and laid down on a mattress to sleep, however claimed that she used to be awoken via Jackson sexually assaulting her prior to in the end “passing out from the trauma, confusion and horror of the rape.” She would later get up, run out of the room and purchase a birth control tablet, however later that morning, she won “threatening texts” from a person accusing her of stealing Jackson’s watch. She may be suing that guy. She additionally won messages from a unique quantity from any person claiming to grasp her deal with.
Later, two girls, who her legal professional recognized as sisters, broke into her condo and entered her bed room. One seemed to be protecting a gun, and they threatened her “with murder” in keeping with her legal professional. After shouting for lend a hand, doormen tackled the sisters and the New York cops arrived to arrest them. The girl claims that Jackson “orchestrated” the incident. Both the rape and the armed robbery had been reported to the NYPD.
Jackson has handled felony troubles all the way through his temporary NBA profession. In 2017, he used to be charged with misdemeanor assets harm after allegedly vandalizing the automobile of McKenzie Calvert, a Kansas University girls’s basketball participant. In 2019, he used to be arrested for resisting an officer at a musical pageant in Florida, and he used to be accused of the use of marijuana close to his toddler daughter in Maricopa County, Arizona. Jackson ultimate performed in the NBA for the Sacramento Kings to near out the 2021-22 season. He signed with their G-League associate, the Stockton Kings, in January, 2023, however used to be waived 4 days later. He isn’t recently signed with any NBA or G-League staff. Jackson’s one season in school used to be with the 2016-17 Kansas Jayhawks (31-5) who reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.