Former Jets working again Le’Veon Bell has denied raping a lady who was awarded a $25-million default judgment after accusing the 33-year-old athlete of sexually abusing her when she was a toddler.
Jada Bell, who says she’s the youthful cousin of the previous footballer, filed a lawsuit in March 2024 alleging the defendant started forcing her into nonconsensual incest when she was round 7 years outdated and he was roughly 14, in accordance with TMZ.
She claimed the abuse continued for a couple of decade, even when he was a star at Michigan State College and she or he lived in Ohio.
After Bell “failed to move, plead or otherwise appear” in courtroom, a decide issued a default judgment within the sufferer’s favor final fall. A trial was held earlier this month to find out damages, throughout which a jury awarded the plaintiff a heavy six-figure sum.
An lawyer for Bell instructed TMZ on Tuesday that his shopper was by no means served with a civil grievance “or any documents,” and vehemently denies the claims made in opposition to him. His lawyer plans to hunt reversal of the judgment on the grounds the protection wasn’t given a possibility to make its case.
Le’Veon Bell of the New York Jets stands for the nationwide anthem previous to the sport in opposition to the Pittsburgh Steelers at MetLife Stadium on December 22, 2019 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photograph by Steven Ryan/Getty Pictures)
Bell started his NFL profession in 2013 and spent his prime years with the Pittsburgh Steelers earlier than coming to New York in 2019. He spent one mediocre season with the Jets, adopted by a partial second one which ended with the staff reducing him unfastened after a handful of video games.
After temporary stints with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, Baltimore Ravens and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he left the NFL in 2022 and has since pursued an expert boxing profession.
As of Tuesday, Bell had not addressed the judgement in opposition to him on social media. He did, nonetheless, declare that being “a Black man and a Trump supporter at the same time” causes individuals to assault him for causes he can’t comprehend.
Initially Revealed: March 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM EDT
