Shamed LA Lakers legend Byron Scott fought to have his identify faraway from court docket paperwork accusing him of an underage intercourse assault on a ‘terrified’ schoolgirl.
The 6’ 4” former taking pictures guard and coach hoped to stay nameless in a stunning civil motion introduced by Hayley Dylan, who was solely 15 on the time of the alleged incident in 1987 and he was a married 26-year-old.
Scott, now 64, has admitted the had sexual contact with the woman however says he thought she was 18.
In line with an August 2024 court docket submitting obtained by Every day Mail, Byron needed to be listed as John Doe and had insisted there wasn’t proof to ‘corroborate’ his accuser’s claims.
He additionally argued that, as a ‘public determine,’ he must be allowed to stay nameless.
However a skeptical choose tossed out his request and mentioned Scott must be named.
Los Angeles Superior Court docket Decide John Kralik denied the request by Scott and likewise mentioned that unique Campbell Corridor College in LA, the place the assault allegedly occurred, must be named as effectively.
In his 16-page ruling, Kralik didn’t mince phrases and said ‘the Court docket can not justify permitting the defendants to proceed anonymously on this motion.’
He additionally famous that Scott ‘opposes having his identify revealed as a result of, he says, there aren’t any recognized information to corroborate her allegations.’
Byron Scott has been accused of sexual assault by a schoolgirl he had a sexual encounter with in 1987. He’s pictured in 1986
The choose commented that the accused participant had additionally argued ‘that he’s a public determine such that irreparable hurt to his character and popularity might guarantee such that it might be affordable to take care of his confidentiality till after discovery.’
However Kralik opined that ‘John Doe has not offered any admissible proof or different factual assist of his claims.
‘He has not defined or proven that the case is with out advantage.
‘John Doe has not defined how his standing as a public determine affords him extra rights to take care of the confidentiality of his identify or defend his identification.
‘Celebrities should undergo the identical embarrassment of accusation as common individuals.
‘Right here, there is no such thing as a overriding curiosity requiring that any celebration stay nameless.
‘Ms. Dylan has by no means sought such anonymity for herself – she is able to topic herself to the embarrassment and stress of a public trial.
‘Furthermore, there is a vital public curiosity in figuring out the names of anybody accused of childhood sexual assault in addition to the names of the accuser to that these claims might be pretty evaluated and dealt with.’
In line with an April 29 amended 20-page court docket submitting, Scott sexually assaulted Dylan, now 53, in a janitor’s closet at Campbell Corridor whereas he and different crew members had been taking pictures a basketball video.
Linda Bauermeister, his legal professional, beforehand informed Every day Mail: ‘Our shopper is devastated by this grievance, a basketball occasion that came about in 1987.
‘Our shopper believed the plaintiff to be over 18 and had no thought she would declare in any other case till 35 years later.
‘He respects women and girls, and the claims have blindsided him and his household.’
Scott was married to his first spouse, Anita, when an encounter came about at Campbell Corridor College. He admits an encounter with the woman, telling Every day Mail by means of his rep that he thought she was over 18
‘Celebrities should undergo the identical embarrassment of accusation as common individuals,’ wrote Decide Kralik
Within the lawsuit, Dylan accuses the NBA famous person of sexual battery, sexual assault, false imprisonment and intentional infliction of emotional misery. Scott was married to his first spouse, Anita Scott, 66, on the time.
Dylan, previously Hayley Mendell, additionally names alma mater Campbell Corridor as a defendant for not defending her from Scott.
Earlier than the incident, Dylan was a younger woman who ‘liked faculty’ and had ‘by no means kissed a boy.’ Afterwards, her ‘innocence was shattered, and her life endlessly altered,’ in response to the grievance.
The gorgeous lawsuit particulars how Scott allegedly pressured himself on her within the faculty’s gymnasium after main her away from different adults.
Dylan was taking a math summer season class on the faculty throughout the identical time a number of Lakers gamers had been filming an educational basketball video within the health club after which additionally met with college students, mother and father and school members.
Throughout a break in filming, employees and fogeys had been with the gamers till being requested to depart the health club as taping was about to renew.
However then, the grievance claims, Scott pointed to Dylan and informed manufacturing employees: ‘She will be able to keep.’
Regardless of the teenager being left alone with adults, ‘Campbell Corridor school and employees didn’t take any steps or implement any safeguards to oversee or in any other case defend Plaintiff from something that might, and ultimately would, occur to her,’ the grievance reads.
The 6’ 4” taking pictures guard first performed for the Lakers from 1983 – 1993, throughout the crew’s heroic ‘Showtime’ period, and had a second stint from 1996 to 1997
The alleged assault occurred on the Campbell Corridor College, proven, in 1987 inside a janitor’s closet
As an alternative, per the court docket report, faculty officers noticed it as a possibility for Hayley to amass autographs for them from the sports activities star.
The college’s then athletic director took {a photograph} of Hayley with Scott as they sat collectively on the bleachers – with the woman positioned between his knees on a decrease step. The picture was then displayed within the athletic director’s workplace, the grievance says.
Later, Scott requested Hayley to have lunch with him which, in response to the swimsuit, was a part of a plan designed to ‘achieve Hayley’s belief and to additional isolate her.’
After having lunch collectively alone, Scott took Hayley weight room and different health club services which had been situated beneath the varsity’s basketball court docket.
The teenager was ‘proud and excited to have the ability to exhibit her faculty to somebody she admired.’
However once they had been alone once more, Scott discovered an unmarked door on the finish of a hallway which turned out to be a janitor’s closet. He then ‘forcefully grabbed Hayley by the arm and pulled her contained in the room’ leaving her ‘frightened and confused,’ per the swimsuit.
Scott then ‘started kissing her on the mouth as she repeatedly requested “what are you doing?”
‘Then, regardless of her forceful protests, Scott pushed Hayley to her knees, and, in opposition to her will, pulled off her prime. Scott the pulled down his shorts, uncovered his erect penis, and tried to pressure Hayley to carry out oral intercourse on him.’
Dylan was ‘terrified’ and ‘pleaded for Scott to cease and tried to show her head away from his erect penis,’ the grievance claims.
Ultimately, the grievance says, Scott relented and informed his sufferer to rise up off the ground and dress then he unlocked the door so she may go away.
Scott’s teammates, the Lakers assistant coach, coach and movie manufacturing employees witnessed him lead Hayley away after which return roughly 20 minutes later, in response to the grievance.
At that time, faculty employees, college students and fogeys had departed for the day and the remaining gamers and manufacturing crew had been having a wrap celebration outdoors the health club the place alcohol was being served, the swimsuit says
It continues that Scott gave Dylan an alcoholic beverage which she threw away after one sip. She had by no means tasted alcohol beforehand.
By now, Dylan’s ‘thoughts was reeling’ and he or she was ‘scared’ and ‘disoriented.’ With no faculty employees or mother and father readily available, she had no method to get to her residence in Encino a number of miles west.
Scott (left) with fellow Lakers legend Kobe Bryant in 2015 throughout a sport in opposition to the Atlanta Hawks
Byron Scott with actor Jack Black, taken on the Crypto.com Enviornment and posted to Scott’s Instagram account on April 22
In line with Dylan’s lawsuit, Scott took her to his automotive – a crimson, two-door Mercedes – the place they sat and talked for 5 minutes, with the participant targeted on discouraging her from telling anybody concerning the assault.
He recommended the 2 may ‘hang around’ and gave her some Lakers merchandise from the trunk of the automotive, together with a satin health club bag together with his jersey quantity on it. Scott wore the quantity 4 for the Lakers.
Scott ultimately requested a teammate, who lived near Hayley, if he may take her residence however the participant, conscious that it was inappropriate to drive alone with a younger woman, responded: ‘F**ok, no. I’m not placing that woman in my automotive.’ She then, used a payphone to name her mom who picked her up.
20 years later, Hayley grew to become conscious of rumors when a fellow former Campbell Corridor pupil requested: ‘Are you the woman that attached with Byron Scott?’
‘Within the years that adopted Scott’s sexual assault and battery, Hayley suffered, and he or she continues to undergo, extreme psychological and emotional misery, in addition to emotions of embarrassment, lack of shallowness, disgrace, and humiliation,’ states the swimsuit.
Her legal professional Kerry Garvis Wright declined to remark to Every day Mail.
Dylan selected to return ahead after California Governor Gavin Newsom enacted the California Baby Victims Act, which grew to become regulation on January 1, 2020, and prolonged the statute of limitations for decades-old youngster intercourse circumstances.
‘Whereas nonetheless a troublesome determination to return ahead now and relive the trauma Hayley is bravely doing so to shine a light-weight and to hunt some quantity of justice and hopefully closure for the numerous psychological trauma and emotional misery that she has skilled daily because the sexual assault,’ per the swimsuit.
Scott first performed for the Lakers from 1983 – 1993, throughout the crew’s barnstorming ‘Showtime’ period, and had a second stint from 1996 to 1997.
He received three NBA championships with the crew, in 1985, 1987 and 1988 and was head coach for them from 2014 – 2016.
He additionally performed for the Indiana Pacers and the Vancouver Grizzlies. He was assistant coach of the Sacramento Kings from 1998 – 2000 and received NBA Coach of the Yr in 2008.
The daddy of three has two sons and a daughter. He married second spouse Cecilia ‘CeCe’ Gutierrez, 53, in 2020. She runs a medical spa and has appeared on the VH1 actuality present Basketball Wives LA.
Scott and second spouse CeCe Gutierrez seen collectively on the crimson carpet on March 13 this 12 months
The couple share a $2.4 million home situated 28 miles northwest of the Crypto.com Enviornment in downtown LA, the Lakers residence court docket.
The 4,400 sq. ft property, in-built 1996, has 5 bedrooms, six loos, a swimming pool and basketball half-court.
Attorneys representing the varsity declined to remark to Every day Mail concerning the case.
In line with the swimsuit, ‘Regardless of having an affirmative responsibility to take affordable steps to guard Plaintiff from foreseeable dangers of hurt, Campbell Corridor and its brokers acted outrageously by didn’t intercede, or in any other case taking any affordable steps or to implement affordable safeguards to keep away from the sexual assault dedicated by Scott.’
Positioned within the Studio Metropolis space of LA, the varsity prices $54,000 per 12 months for college students in grades six by means of 12.
It payments itself as a ‘gender-inclusive day faculty’ and a ‘neighborhood of inquiry dedicated to tutorial excellence and to the nurturing of respectable, loving, and accountable human beings.’
A quantity Hollywood celebrities attended Campbell Corridor, together with sisters Dakota and Elle Fanning, the Olsen sisters – Ashley, Mary-Kate and Elizabeth – director Paul Thomas Anderson, Fashionable Household actress Ariel Winter and Denzel Washington’s Tenet actor son John David Washington.
A jury trial is scheduled for February subsequent 12 months. Haley is looking for damages of over $25,000, together with lack of earnings, and legal professional charges to be paid by Scott and Campbell Corridor.
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