Ja Morant Sued For Allegedly Punching 17-Year-Old During Pickup Game
According to the docs, police investigated the allegations for several weeks … before they submitted the case to the district attorney’s office on Oct. 4. Less than a month later, cops say the DA declined prosecution.
Grizzlies star Ja Morant has been sued for allegedly punching a 17-year old during a pickup game.
Per TMZ, According to police documents, a 17-year-old — who filed the lawsuit on Sept. 9 — told cops he was playing in a pickup basketball game with Morant at the house … when the two got into a verbal altercation.
The plaintiff, according to the docs, said the argument became heated, and he threw a basketball at Morant — “accidentally” hitting him in the face. The teenager said the Grizzlies point guard then approached him, put his chin on his shoulder, and asked a bystander “Should I do it to him?” The teen says Morant then struck him “with a closed fist, knocking him to the ground.”
According to the docs, the 17-year-old said Morant then “continued sticking him while on the ground” — and claims another man jumped in and began hitting him as well.
>In the docs, cops say Morant told them he did strike the teenager, but insisted he was acting in self-defense. Morant said the plaintiff threw the ball at him “intentionally” during the argument, and then “began to approach him as if he wanted to fight.”
Police say Morant also told them “his brother” was involved in the altercation as well — but the basketball player did not name the man.
According to the docs, police investigated the allegations for several weeks … before they submitted the case to the district attorney’s office on Oct. 4. Less than a month later, cops say the DA declined prosecution.
It’s unclear what the plaintiff is seeking in the suit. Court records show Morant, as well as his childhood friend Davonte Pack, are listed as defendants.