A former Coppin State basketball participant has filed a lawsuit in opposition to the college, naming key workers, together with head coach Juan Dixon.
Ibn Williams says Dixon did not act when Willaims disclosed that Lucien Brownlee, a director of participant improvement, was allegedly tormenting and harassing him into sexual acts.
The swimsuit claims Williams is aware of “by info and perception” that Brownlee is behind an elaborate sexual assault scheme. Williams says he despatched somebody he believed to be a girl sexual photos of himself underneath the guise of a budding romance.
However the catfisher quickly was a blackmailer, threatening to make use of the photographs until Williams fulfilled deviant requests. When Williams refused to adjust to requests, the blackmailer leaked the sexual pictures to the workers and staff, per the swimsuit.
Right here’s What The Lawsuit Says Occurred:
The lawsuit doesn’t primarily goal Dixon however argues that he was negligent in defending Williams. It additionally named Coppin State College, the College System of Maryland, Lucien Brownlee, athletic director Derek Carter and the state of Maryland. Williams reportedly filed the lawsuit final week, in line with Baltimore Brew–who broke the story.
Although the blackmailer claims to be a 3rd occasion, Williams strongly believes Brownlee is behind all of it. The catfish communication started throughout Williams’ first semester within the fall of 2018. By the top of it, the catfisher grew to become a blackmailer. They allegedly demanded Williams conform to any requests or threat his personal conversations and pictures being uncovered.
“In worry of shedding his place within the basketball program, his tuition and room, and board funds he was promised by Coppin State College, Plaintiff continued to reply to the individual messaging him in an more and more futile try to appease his tormentor,” the lawsuit states.
By the top of the spring semester of 2019, Lucien Brownlee instructed Williams that the blackmailer additionally had photos of him. On the time, Brownlee was a senior who was going to return as workers the next semester, per Baltimore Brew.
After that dialog, Williams started receiving requests to interact in sexual acts with Brownlee, however the athlete refused at first. Within the fall semester, the threats ramped up once more. The blackmailer, understanding Brownlee’s availability, requested a video of Williams and Brownlee partaking in oral intercourse.
“Within the face of the specter of publicity and lack of his place within the basketball program and its monetary assist and with the insistence and urging of Coach Brownlee, Plaintiff acquiesced,” the lawsuit states.
In early December, the blackmailer alerted Williams that Brownlee was going to rearrange a sexual encounter between them. Williams ignored the request. As the times handed, extra requests for sexual movies rolled in, and the blackmailer rejected a solo video Williams despatched. The blackmailer insisted Williams interact in intercourse with Brownlee–throughout March 2020.
How Is Juan Dixon Concerned?
In an try to distance himself from the blackmailer, Williams disclosed a special allegation to his household. He shared his discomfort with “the unchecked use of unlawful medicine and inappropriate habits of members of the basketball program” throughout away video games. In response, his father arrange a gathering with head coach Dixon to debate the drug points.
Williams advised a switch, however the swimsuit says Dixon “was adamant that [Williams] ought to stick with this system” regardless of being “helpless to handle the drug challenge in any significant approach.”
When Williams returned to campus within the fall of 2020, the blackmail began once more. When Williams paid the requests no consideration, alleged blackmailer Brownlee launched the photographs to the workers, staff, and public in November 2020. The swimsuit says that the next day Dixon known as Williams to follow, the place they spoke about Brownlee.
“Defendant Juan Dixon admitted to the plaintiff that Lucien Brownlee was mentally unwell or in any other case emotionally imbalanced and that his historical past was recognized to the Coach, Derek Carter, and the varsity,” the swimsuit states. “Defendant Dicon once more confirmed his consciousness of the Coach Brownlee’s instability later that very same night in a telephone name to Plaintiff’s brother nad father the place Defendant Dixon repeated that Lucien was “sick” and had a “troubled background.”
How Did The College Reply To Williams’ Disclosure?
Williams took his story to the college after Dixon allegedly did not take any motion in opposition to Brownlee. However the swimsuit alleges Coppin State induced additional emotional misery by neglecting to deal with him like a sufferer of sexual assault. As an alternative, the swimsuit claims, he was questioned about his previous sexual experiences and orientation.
The lawsuit accuses the college and its teaching workers of being negligent with how they “employed, supervised and managed these in positions of authority throughout the basketball program.” Moreover, it suggests the college retaliated in opposition to him by terminating housing and tuition help when Williams disclosed his sexual assault.
Williams is searching for joint or separate damages from the defendants, together with Dixon.
No phrase but from the top coach, who can be extensively recognized from Actual Housewives of Potomac alongside together with his spouse Robyn Dixon.
The college instructed Baltimore Brew they don’t focus on pending litigation.
