A former NBA top draft pick has been accused of raping a woman in New York last year, according to a lawsuit brought by the unnamed plaintiff.
Josh Jackson, the former Kansas star and 2017 first-round draft pick for the Phoenix Suns, has been accused of sexual assault, battery, and orchestrating an armed robbery.
According to the suit, which was viewed by the Kansas City Star, the unnamed woman and Jackson met at a Super Bowl after party in New York City in 2022 which was a party that was thrown by then-Brooklyn Nets player Andre Drummond, who invited Doe because she had a “romantic interest” in Jackson.
The two exchanged phone numbers and then went to a nightclub with others to continue to party.
According to the lawsuit, she went home but received a text message from Jackson offering her $1,500 to come and see him. She told her attorney that she didn’t accept the $1,500, but when Jackson sent her an Uber, she decided to take it anyway.
She assumed she was going to the party, as she alleges Jackson was alone and said she told him that she was “not there for sex” and wasn’t a “gold-digger” when he tried to impress her. After both parties were done drinking, she fell asleep on the bed facing away from Jackson. However, she says she woke up after Jackson allegedly “ripped open” her clothes and raped her.
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She stated she cried for him to stop and would eventually ‘pass out from the trauma, confusion, and horror of the rape,” according to the suit.
The next morning, she said she ran out of the room and bought an emergency contraception pill before returning to her apartment. She would soon begin to get threatening messages from several unknown phone numbers accusing her of stealing a watch and claiming they knew where she lived.
While in the midst of a nap, she claimed she heard her front door opened and was suddenly confronted by two hoodie-wearing women, one holding what appeared to be a gun, who threatened to kill her.
The women were tackled by building security and arrested by the NYPD. Doe alleges that Jackson orchestrated the robbery.
The suit Jane Doe has brought against Jackson is a civil suit and does not involve criminal charges. She wants damages from Jackson and the two women who were caught by security while they were robbing her.
Jackson has denied everything.
He is currently a free agent.
