Ex-NBA Star Josh Jackson Accused of Raping Woman in New York City Hotel

A woman has accused the former basketball player of rape and sexual assault, which he "emphatically denies," according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE

Former NBA player Josh Jackson has been accused of raping and then threatening a woman in New York City last year, according to a new lawsuit.

Jackson, 26, denies the rape and sexual assault allegations brought by the woman — who appears in court filings anonymously as Jane Doe — following a Super Bowl afterparty in February 2022, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE.

The former Phoenix Suns power forward is accused of using “his position of notoriety to gain access to [the woman and] to engage in unlawful sexual contact with the [woman] without her consent,” according to a June 12 filing.

On Feb. 13, 2022, the defendant alleges she attended a party “hosted and attended by members of the Brooklyn Nets NBA team” and met Jackson. She went “in hopes of meeting Andre Drummond in person, who [she] had a romantic interest in and who had invited her to the party,” per the documents.

The defendant then went home and claims that she received texts from Jackson inviting her to “come through” to his hotel and offering her $1,500 to do so. She arrived at his hotel, the New York Edition, around 3:15 a.m. after he sent an Uber to collect her from her apartment, and was greeted by a “shirtless” Jackson, the complaint states.

She claims he tried to “impress” her by showing his bank account and claiming he has “$12 million.” She also says she told him she was not there for money nor sex — and she had been under the impression that the party was still going on at his hotel and others would be in attendance.

The defendant claims she fell asleep in the hotel room and later woke up to Jackson “ripping and pulling her clothes off and climbing on top of her” before exposing himself and forcing himself on her, according to the filing.

The documents claim Jackson “overpowered [her] and held down both of [her] hands as he penetrated her…and raped her” while she cried. She then “fainted, passing out from the trauma.”

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After leaving the hotel room, she claims she received several threatening texts from friends of Jackson accusing her of stealing the basketball player’s watch, which she denied. One person threatened that Jackson had “money to blow” and would “hire goons” to come after her, according to the filing.

Later that day, two women who “were acquaintances of Jackson” and had seen the defendant at the party the night before broke into her apartment. She claims they told her Jackson had sent them to retrieve the watch she was accused of stealing, threatened her and took her phone and handbag, which she refused to let go of. They brought her down the elevator to the lobby with them, and her doorman tackled the two women and the New York Police Department was called and arrested the attackers. The defendant then reported the rape, the complaint states.

According to the initial filing, the defendant “did not and could not consent to the acts, and any purported consent was secured through fraud, deception and undue influence, coercion and duress thereby rendering it void.”

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The defendant accused Jackson of “rape, assault and battery, sexual assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress,” citing the false accusations of theft made by Jackson, that he sent two women to “commit a home-invasion robbery” of her apartment and that he enlisted several people to “harass and intimidate” her “in an attempt to silence her within hours after [he] brutally raped” the defendant, the complaint states.

According to a June 28 filing, Jackson “emphatically denies any sexual assault,” and opposed the defendant’s motion to remain anonymous, claiming “she maintains a provocative and sexualized social media presence.”

In his reply, Jackson also claimed that the defendant’s true desire was “publicly humiliating” the athlete, who his lawyer called a “target for anyone” given his identity as a public figure.

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In a statement to the Kansas City Star, Jackson’s attorney, John Lauro said, “Mr. Jackson will vigorously contest these allegations in court and looks forward to the truth being fully told.”

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.

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