India, May 31 -- Zion Williamson was accused of rape in a lawsuit filed this week in a Los Angeles court, the New York Post reported on Friday, citing the filing. The woman, identified as Jane Doe, alleges that the New Orleans Pelicans star sexually assaulted her twice in 2020. Williamson is yet to respond to the accusations.

The plaintiff claims she is the NBA star's ex-girlfriend. She pointed out at a pattern of 'abusive, controlling and threatening behavior'. Williamson has also been accused of threatening to have his security personnel shoot Doe in the head and have her parents killed, according to the report.

"Our client is very adamant about this -- it's not her desire or our desire to litigate this case in the press," Doe's attor...