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In a shocking turn of events, Puka Nacua, a wide receiver for the Los Angeles Rams, faces accusations of biting a woman and making anti-Semitic remarks.
The alleged incident led the woman to seek a temporary restraining order, detailing her experience during a New Year’s Eve outing in Los Angeles’s Century City.
Court documents accessed by the Daily Mail reveal that Nacua is accused of making derogatory comments about Jewish people during dinner, which the woman found deeply offensive.
She described the remark as the initial act in what she claims was a series of increasingly inappropriate and aggressive behaviors by the NFL player.
Following the dinner, the woman alleges that Nacua, along with her and others, entered a Sprinter van, where he allegedly began acting inappropriately towards her.
Then, out of nowhere, Nacua ‘dropped his head into [her] girlfriend’s lap and crotch area and bit her thumb so forcefully that she screamed in acute pain’ before the wide receiver then turned to the alleged victim and bit her left shoulder.
Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua is being accused of uttering an anti-Semitic phrase before then biting a woman with enough force to break her skin
The woman attached this photo of the bite mark allegedly left by Nacua in court documents
The woman accused Nacua of making the remark at dinner before biting her and a friend
The bite allegedly broke the woman’s skin and left a circular imprint of his teeth. A photo of this was included in the application for a temporary restraining order.
A day after the incident, the alleged victim contacted police and filed an incident report.
Before the woman filed the petition for a temporary restraining order on Tuesday, the two sides met at a mediation conference that was attended by both the woman and Nacua, both their attorneys and a crisis PR team.
In that meeting, Nacua’s attorney – Levi McCathern – allegedly ‘made unprivileged threats to contact TMZ and other press and media outlets and to disseminate false, inaccurate, and/or deliberately exaggerated public statements’ about the events on New Year’s Eve.Â
According to court documents, the request for a temporary restraining order was denied until a follow-up hearing on April 14.
The Daily Mail has reached out to McCathern for comment on the matter.
McCathern released a statement, saying ‘A completely sober witness has stated unequivocally that Puka never made the comments [the alleged victim] claims.’
He added that the alleged victim ‘continued to spend time with our client [Nacua] after the alleged incident – conduct that directly contradicts the narrative now being advanced.’
McCathern also claims, ‘In the months that followed, our office was contacted with demands for millions of dollars in exchange for not publicizing these allegations. That is not a legitimate legal claim – it is blackmail.
Nacua’s attorneys then threatened to go to TMZ and other media to spread ‘false statements’
Nacua’s attorney denied the accusations against his client, calling it an attempted ‘shakedown’
This alleged incident took place just days after Nacua performed an offensive Jewish stereotype on a live stream at the behest of Adin Ross (L). Nacua later apologized.
‘The timing of the claimant’s recent legal action – nearly three months after the alleged incident and just says [sic] after [Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s] record breaking contract as a wide receiver – further underscores the complete lack of credibility behind these accusations.
He concluded, ‘Puka denies these allegations in the strongest possible terms. We will be filing a defamation lawsuit and pursuing all available legal remedies in response to these false and damaging statements.’Â
The timing of this alleged incident came just days after Nacua was embroiled in another anti-Semitic controversy with streamer Adin Ross – who tried to convince the receiver to celebrate a touchdown with Ross’ so-called ‘Jewish dance.’
The ‘dance’ was little more than the streamer rubbing his hands together – evoking a negative stereotype of Jewish people from a racist cartoon.Â
Nacua was publicly criticized by the likes of Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy among others.Â
The receiver then apologized, saying he had ‘no idea’ about the reference.