Le’Veon Bell has addressed the multi-million greenback verdict ensuing from the rape civil lawsuit filed in opposition to him by a female relative.
In accordance with stories from Instances of India and TMZ, the previous NFL participant has is on the heart of a bombshell scandal after his personal cousin, Jada Bell, accused him of horrifying sexual abuse spanning practically a decade! Jada’s lawsuit, filed in Franklin County, Ohio, in March 2024, claims the surprising abuse started when she was simply six or seven years previous.
In accordance with courtroom paperwork, Bell allegedly used slang like “fireplace” to instruct Jada through the disturbing assaults. The abuse reportedly continued till she turned 18.
Bell reportedly ignored the lawsuit totally, failing to reply by October 2024. With no protection introduced, a jury hit Bell with a staggering $25 million greenback default judgement verdict in Jada’s favor. Le’Veon Bell, who performed the working again place for a number of NFL franchises such because the Pittsburgh Steelers, has fiercely denied all allegations. His lawyer, Thomas W. Shaffer, insists Bell was by no means correctly served with the lawsuit and wasn’t even residing in Ohio when the authorized papers have been delivered.
“My consumer adamantly denies any and all allegations which were lodged in opposition to him,” Shaffer advised TMZ. “Additional, he was by no means served with a civil criticism or any paperwork.
Now, Bell’s group is scrambling to overturn the large payout, claiming the case hasn’t been pretty fought in courtroom.
“The default judgment granted was based mostly upon violations of his Fifth Modification rights of due course of for failing to be served,” Shaffer mentioned within the assertion. “My consumer is within the technique of submitting a movement to open and reverse the default judgment as a result of the narratives of the case have by no means been litigated.”
Bell has been vocal on social media, outright denying the validity of the allegations in a tweet he shared in response to a separate tweet asserting the multi-million greenback verdict within the case.
“They’ll do something to attempt to get a greenback I inform ya…,” Bell wrote within the reply within the thread of the tweet.
Information of the decision within the lawsuit observe one other scandal Bell was wrapped up in final 12 months when a trans girl accused him of soliciting her for intercourse while tweeting hateful messages in regards to the LGBTQ+ group. In one other separate comment, Bell appeared to pin his political views as a cause why he’s going by means of a tumultuous interval with a number of people hurling allegations his method.
“Being a black man and a Trump supporter on the similar time, so many ppl wanna assault me,” he wrote in one other tweet. “Lol like why tho??? I simply don’t get it .. it don’t matter tho, we STILL GOIN UP.”
Crucially, it is a civil case — not a prison one — which means Bell hasn’t been charged with any crimes associated to Jada’s accusations. Nonetheless, this scandal provides one more darkish chapter to Bell’s rocky post-NFL journey. After his high-profile contract dispute in 2018, Bell’s soccer profession spiraled, bouncing between groups earlier than he turned to boxing.
