Editor’s Note: This article contains statements about alleged sexual assault.
Warriors forward Anthony Lamb raped Kendall Ware when the two were students at the University of Vermont, which Ware claims in a civil lawsuit she and two other women filed against the university. there is Ware and her other plaintiffs say the university was “willfully indifferent” to the sexual assault.
Case It has been submitted United States District Court, Burlington, Vermont; and First reported by the Vermont publication Seven Days on Wednesday night. It names as defendants the University of Vermont, its board of directors, and several administrators, including athletic director Jeff Shulman.
SFGATE, like most other major news outlets, does not typically name victims of sexual assault. Ware has spoken publicly about her experience before and has stepped forward as a plaintiff in this lawsuit.
Ware has publicly said he was raped by a star athlete when he was a swimmer at the University of Vermont, and has previously described an incident with a “male basketball player” in college. in your media account and since the withdrawal Lawsuit against NCAAHowever, she never made Ram’s name public before. An anonymous Instagram account has previously named Lam, but this is the first time Ware has done so.
Warriors president Bob Myers addressed the allegations when the team added Ram this fall.
“We have checked with the NBA and two teams that have previously signed him, but have not heard of any official accusations or anything like that. Myers said in October“It’s hard because we take it very seriously.”Myers said that if the NBA had told the Warriors not to sign Lamb, they would have listened to the league office. added.
“Anthony is not a defendant in this recent lawsuit and, to our knowledge, he has never been charged with wrongdoing in any lawsuit,” the Warriors said in a statement to SFGATE on Thursday. Like all players, I paid close attention to the NBA and his previous teams before signing Anthony to .When new information comes to light, I make sure to evaluate it and We will act accordingly.”
Earlier this year, the University of Vermont denied a request for public records from SFGATE, citing attorney-client privilege and state laws exempting “student records and personal documents.”
Ware’s description in the lawsuit is graphic and describes violent behavior by Lam.
In the lawsuit, Ware said she dated Lam for six months in 2019. Shortly after the two ended their relationship in September of that year, Lam “started yelling and insulting Ware” at an off-campus party. The pair entered the party’s bedroom, where Ram raped Ware, she says.
“During the process of discussing their relationship and reconciling from a quarrel, Ram began having sex with Ware,” Suits says. Ignoring her explicit request, he tells her to “just take it” continued to rape her. ”
A month later, Ware reported the rape and two other episodes with Lamb to the school’s Title IX office, according to the complaint. Another was at her family’s home in Lam, where Lam filmed her during intercourse without her consent.
According to Ware, over the next few months, the school’s physical education department “induced” her not to file a formal complaint against Lam.
Ware used to The school’s administrators “misrepresented the options for holding the perpetrator accountable and presented her with the option of punishing the player severely or not at all.”
The suit alleges the university’s failure to comply with its Title IX obligations, breach of contract, denial of equal protection, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and unlawful sex discrimination under Vermont law. It seeks a jury trial and unspecified damages.
Lamb, who has not been named as a defendant in the civil lawsuit, finished the 2019-20 basketball season as America’s East Conference Player of the Year for the second straight year. After leaving Vermont, he was active in his NBA development league, with the Houston Rockets and Sun Antonio He signing a two-way deal with the Spurs and catching up with the Warriors this season. He’s played a key role off Golden State’s bench, averaging five points per game in 18 minutes.
This story has been updated with comments from the Golden State Warriors.
