LeBron James and his son Bronny James are denying allegations introduced towards them in a lawsuit stemming from an alleged automobile crash in November 2022.
In response to court docket paperwork obtained by the Los Angeles Instances and Individuals journal, the 40-year-old NBA star, and his 20-year-old son “deny every allegation contained within the grievance and additional deny that plaintiffs have been broken within the sum or sums alleged, or some other sum or sums, or in any respect.” It’s unclear how a lot the plaintiffs are looking for in damages.
Within the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court docket on Oct. 23, 2024, per the Los Angeles Instances, April Almanza Lopez and Kiara Rae McGillien allege that LeBron and Bronny crashed their automobile into them on Pearblossom Freeway in Littlerock, Calif., on Nov. 13, 2022.
The lawsuit alleges the father-son Lakers duo “negligently owned, managed, repaired, entrusted, maintained and operated an car as to trigger it to, and it did, grow to be concerned in an accident or collision,” based on the Los Angeles Instances.
Attorneys additional allege within the submitting that the plaintiffs have needed to pay for physicians, surgeons, and others for examination, therapy, and care and are anticipated to have future medical bills associated to the crash. In addition they declare to have misplaced revenue from their jobs. What’s extra, the ladies additionally allege their automobile, which belonged to Lopez and was being pushed by McGillien on the time, was “broken and depreciated.”
The preliminary grievance was filed mere hours earlier than LeBron and Bronny made NBA historical past on Oct. 22, 2024, after they turned the primary father and son to ever play in a sport collectively. The Lakers the Minnesota Timberwolves 110-103.
“That second, us being on the scorer’s desk collectively and checking in collectively, it’s a second I’m by no means going to overlook,” LeBron mentioned after the sport. “Regardless of how previous I get, irrespective of how my reminiscence could fade as I grow old or no matter, I’ll always remember that second.”
