Zion Williamson sued over sexual assault, kidnapping allegations

Williamson then allegedly pinned her down on the bed and sexually assaulted her. Afterward, the lawsuit states, Williamson took her phone, threw it ... and then choked and screamed at her for "talking too much." The woman alleges Williamson emitted an odor of alcohol throughout the encounter. Days later, on Oct. 10, 2020, the accuser alleges Williamson raped her again after he got angry that she wanted to leave him to visit friends in San Diego. According to the suit, Williamson took her phone and laptop following the sexual assault ... preventing her from getting medical care. "These two incidents were not isolated," the lawsuit states. Williamson "continued to abuse, rape, assault, and batter Plaintiff in California and other states, including Louisiana and Texas, until the relationship ended in 2023." -via TMZ.com / May 30, 2025

The woman alleges that in 2020, a little over a year after Williamson left the Blue Devils to join the New Orleans Pelicans, the basketball player raped and assaulted her in Southern California. According to the suit, the violent incident took place on Sept. 23, 2020 ... after the woman had gone to Williamson's Beverly Hills home. The accuser says she told Williamson she was tired and wanted to go to sleep ... but he called her "stuck up" and a "bitch," and told her "she could not go to sleep without having sex with him." -via TMZ.com / May 30, 2025

There are no untouchables in New Orleans. League sources say the Pelicans are gauging the market for everyone on their roster. They very well could end up keeping their core pieces, namely Zion Williamson, but it appears the Pelicans are looking into taking different paths this summer depending on what opportunities become available. -via Yahoo! Sports / May 30, 2025