Josh Jackson, the Kansas product who was selected fourth in the 2017 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns, has been accused of raping a woman in New York last year and then sending two women to her apartment in an apparent robbery attempt according to a lawsuit, The Kansas City Star is reporting. The woman, listed as Jane Doe after a judge allowed her to maintain her anonymity, is accusing Jackson of assault and battery and is seeking damages from the women who broke into her apartment. Jackson “emphatically denies” the allegations, according to his attorney, John Lauro.
According to the lawsuit, the woman said she met Jackson in New York on Feb. 13, 2022, at a Super Bowl afterparty to which she was initially invited by another NBA player, Andre Drummond. After Jackson and other partygoers helped her find her lost phone, they went to two nightclubs before she went home. Eventually, Jackson texted her asking her to “come through,” allegedly offering her $1,500 to do so. She says she declined that money, but met Jackson at his room at the New York Edition, a hotel in Manhattan. She claimed she was not there for sex and assumed other people would be there.
The woman said she was tired and laid down on a bed to…
