Pelicans' Zion Williamson accused of rape in bombshell lawsuit
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Pelicans star Zion Williamson is being accused of rape by a woman claiming to be his ex-girlfriend.

In a bombshell lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, the woman, identified as Jane Doe, alleges Williamson raped her twice in 2020.

In one instance, Doe claimed Williamson, 24, arrived home to the Beverly Hills home he purportedly rented while training during COVID in 2020 and demanded sex.


Zion Williamson #1 of the New Orleans Pelicans sits on the bench during the first half of a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder
Zion Williamson #1 of the New Orleans Pelicans sits on the bench during the first half of a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Getty Images

According to Doe, Williamson called her “stuck up” and a “bitch,” and when she refused to engage in sex, the 6-foot-6, 280-pound power forward “pinned Plaintiff down on the bed with her hands behind her back and raped her.”

The suit also alleges a pattern of “abusive, controlling, and threatening behavior toward Plaintiff” that also occurred in Louisiana and several other states.

Williamson is also accused of threatening to have his security guard shoot Doe “in the head while the security guard was present and carrying a loaded firearm multiple times in Louisiana between 2020 and 2023,” and “threatening to have his paid security guard kill Plaintiff’s parents, after informing Plaintiff that he knows their home address multiple times in Louisiana between 2020 and 2023.”


Pelicans forward Zion Williamson (1) drives to the basket past Minnesota Timberwolves center Naz Reid (11)
Pelicans forward Zion Williamson (1) drives to the basket past Minnesota Timberwolves center Naz Reid (11). Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images

Doe claims to have been in a “dating relationship” with Williamson beginning around 2018 while he was a freshman at Duke, and the relationship continued through June 2023.

Williamson went on to be the first overall pick by New Orleans in the 2019 NBA Draft.

Despite an injury-marred start to his career, he made the All-Rookie team in 2020 and has twice been an All-Star in five seasons, all with the Pelicans.

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