Dwight Howard is asking a courtroom to dismiss the lawsuit of a person who claims that the previous NBA star sexually assaulted him and tried to rope the person into an unsanctioned sexual act. Stephen Harper, the person who filed the lawsuit, says he met Dwight Howard through social media over two years in the past.

Radar On-line obtained the courtroom data related to the lawsuit by which Stephen Harper says that he met Dwight Howard and commenced having on-line conversations again in Might of 2021. After reaching out on Instagram through a direct message, the pair exchanged cellphone texts with Howard reportedly stating that he was into various sexual acts and requested Harper to ship him images.

Howard responded within the case admitting to exchanging texts with Harper for a short interval in the summertime of 2021, which included nude images and movies. Howard additionally added that Harper got here to his house on July 19, 2021, and entered his bed room, each of them disrobing, and engaged in “consensual kissing.”

At this level, Harper claims that Howard invited one other man to the bed room reportedly dressed as a lady going by the title Kitty. Harper says that Howard tried to get the pair to interact in a threesome, one thing Harper didn’t conform to. Kitty started to carry out a sexual act on Howard with Harper expressing he wasn’t snug with the setup.

Harper then claims that Howard started touching his thigh and feeling him by means of his underwear, allegedly saying he “was going to do no matter” to Harper and shot down any resistance.

From Radar On-line:

“Defendant stood up (towering over Mr. Harper), grabbed Mr. Harper by the thighs, forcibly eliminated Mr. Harper’s underwear, held Mr. Harper down, and carried out nonconsensual oral intercourse on Mr. Harper,” the swimsuit learn. “Mr. Harper was in worry of imminent bodily hurt when he was pinned down and compelled to stay in place whereas Defendant continued to sexually assault him.”

Whereas Howard admitted that Kitty was within the room, he claimed that every one three have been conscious {that a} threesome can be happening.

Dwight Howard is going through costs of assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional misery, and false imprisonment within the lawsuit.

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