Dwight Howard sued for allegedly sexually assaulting a man / News - Basketnews.com

A man filed a lawsuit, accusing Howard of assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and false imprisonment. The incident happened at Howard's home when unwanted oral sex was performed on the plaintiff.

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Veteran NBA big man Dwight Howard might get into big trouble.

A man named Stephen Harper has filed a lawsuit against the player for assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and false imprisonment.

The two men met on Instagram when Harper initiated a message exchange with Howard from his secondary account, Ryan Naumann from Radar Online writes. The conversation led to Harper sending sexual photos and videos to Howard.

"From May of 2021 through July of 2021, Mr. Harper and [Howard] continued to exchange text messages, several of which included sexually explicit content," the lawsuit says.

"Now I want you to know I’m not like gay or anything. I’m jus a lil nasty sometimes," Howard allegedly wrote to Harper.

On July 19th of that year, Howard invited Harper to his home. While Harper was driving, Howard asked if he wanted a threesome, saying that it might be either a man or a woman. Harper refused.

Ultimately, a man dressed as a woman and named Kitty arrived. At one moment, the lawsuit says, Howard began stroking Harper's penis through underwear and continued despite Harper's denial.

"Defendant stood up (towering over Mr. Harper), grabbed Mr. Harper by the thighs, forcibly removed Mr. Harper’s underwear, held Mr. Harper down, and performed nonconsensual oral sex on Mr. Harper,” the lawsuit reads. "Mr. Harper was in fear of imminent bodily harm when he was pinned down and forced to remain in place while Defendant continued to sexually assault him."

The lawsuit continues to allege that Howard forced his penis into Harper's mouth while performing a sexual act with Kitty.

Despite accusations, Howard has never identified as gay or bisexual and has 5 children with several different women.

Howard later shared that the lawsuit was dropped and denied it ever happened.

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