Former Los Angeles Lakers star Byron Scott is being accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl nearly 40 years ago. He is being accused of sexual battery, sexual assault, false imprisonment, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
According to legal documents obtained by the Daily Mail, in 1987, Scott was at a Lakers team event at a private school in Los Angeles over the summer where he sexually assaulted a then-15-year-old girl.
The girl stated her name in the documents as Hayley Dylan, who was 15 at the time. Scott admitted to having sexual contact with Dylan but thought she was 18.
“Our client is devastated by this complaint, a basketball event that took place in 1987. Our client believed the plaintiff to be over 18 and had no idea she would claim otherwise until 35 years later. He respects girls and women, and the claims have blindsided him and his family,” Scott’s attorney Linda Bauermeister told the outlet.
Dylan is also naming her high school, Campbell Hall School, as a defendant for failing to protect her.
“Campbell Hall faculty and staff failed to take any steps or implement any safeguards to supervise or otherwise protect Plaintiff from anything that could, and eventually would, happen to her,” the complaint reads.
In the complaint, Dylan describes the incident that the Lakers were done filming he asked her for a tour of the school where she was “proud and excited to be able to show off her school to someone she admired.”
When Dylan was giving Scott a tour of the school, he led her down a hallway with an unmarked door where the NBA star “forcefully grabbed Hayley by the arm and pulled her inside the room” leaving her “frightened and confused.”
According to the complaint, Scott “began kissing her on the mouth as she repeatedly asked ‘what are you doing?”
“Then, despite her clear protests, Scott pushed Hayley to her knees, and, against her will, pulled off her top. Scott the pulled down his shorts, exposed his erect penis, and tried to force Hayley to perform oral sex on him,” the complaint reads.
Dylan “pleaded for Scott to stop and tried to turn her head away from his erect penis,” the complaint claims, adding, that she was “terrified” during the interaction.
The complaint reads that there were witnesses who saw Scott lead Dylan down the hallway then come back 20 minutes after. Scott’s teammates, the Lakers assistant coach, trainer and film production staff were allegedly the ones that witnessed the basketball star.
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