Content warning: This article contains depictions of alleged sexual assault.
Former Los Angeles Lakers guard and head coach Byron Scott was accused of sexually assaulting a teenager in 1987 in a new lawsuit that was amended earlier this month.
A woman filed a lawsuit against Scott in December 2022, alleging that he sexually assaulted her during a team event at her high school nearly four decades ago when he was a member of the Lakers. Scott had fought to keep his name off the court documents initially, according to The Associated Press, and he was initially identified as “John Doe.