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New Orleans Pelicans player Zion Williamson has filed for a protective order against what he believes are “invasive” and “irrelevant” discovery requests about his time at Duke University.
Zion Williamson #1 of the Duke Blue Devils dunks the ball against the Syracuse Orange during their game in the quarterfinal round of the 2019 Men’s ACC Basketball Tournament at Spectrum Center on March 14, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Yahoo reports that Gina Ford, the president of Prime Marketing Sports, has filed a $100 million lawsuit claiming, “Williamson signed a five-year deal for her company to represent him in marketing negotiations days after he declared for the 2019 NBA draft.
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In response, he’s launched a multi-faceted legal defense in which he made a counterclaim that Ford fraudulently exaggerated her credentials while courting him as a client.
But despite his efforts both Ford and Prime Sports assert, “Ford hopes Williamson will pay a hefty price for what she depicts as Williamson and CAA conspiring to steal her work and brazenly breach a contract that Williamson had willingly signed.”
