Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri filed a counter suit in California against the Alamenda County Deputy Sheriff who claimed he was assaulted by Ujiri after the NBA Finals. On Tuesday, Ujiri’s legal team produced footage of a field incident with deputy Alan Strickland during the 2019 NBA Finals where Ujiri was pushed twice and swore in while trying to show his credentials to the officer.
Strickland is attempting to sue Ujiri, saying the Raptors president assaulted him – and the fallout from the incident meant he “suffered injuries to his body, health, strength, activity and person, which caused and continues to cause the plaintiff great mental emotional, psychological, physical and nervous pain and suffering. “
After watching the video it is clear that this statement is complete and total.
The camera footage clearly shows Ujiri approaching the deputy as he goes to court to celebrate with the Raptors. He tries to get his credentials out before being rejected with Strickland saying “fuck back”. At this point a confused Ujiri completely pulls his credentials out of his pocket, before being pushed again – to which Ujiri replies by asking Strickland “Why did you push me? I’m the president of the Raptors. “Ujiri really pushed himself back during the altercation, but only after being pushed twice by the deputy, who instigated the incident, and offered no clear explanation as to why he didn’t let Ujiri pass.
The incident was a source of immediate control when law enforcement tried to locate the president of the Raptors as an attacker. Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern insisted that the assault charges be brought against Ujiri, which were later withdrawn by the district attorney’s office. At this point Strickland and his wife (cited as co-plaintiff) filed a civil suit against Ujiri demanding a minimum of $ 75,000 in damages, ridiculously claiming that the deputy suffered from “permanent disability” from being pushed once, after having violently pushed a man twice.
The counter-lawsuit, filed by Ujiri’s lawyers on Tuesday, says Deputy Alan Strickland is “perpetrating a fraud” against Ujiri, the Raptors and the NBA. Adding that the deputy version of events is a “complete fabrication”. In addition to the camera footage of the body, the lawsuit alleges that there are three eyewitnesses, all of whom have stated under penalty of perjury, that Ujiri did not punch the deputy. The lawsuit also targets Strickland’s key witness, LAPD officer Sucha Singh, who claims he witnessed what happened and is supporting the sheriff’s assault report. The lawsuit claims that Singh was in a tunnel completely opposite to the one in which the accident occurred, while claiming that Singh “has a history of excessive use of force”.
Ujiri’s lawyers are also noting that Strickland has a history of fraud, proven by a 2005 incident in which the sheriff damaged his own car, filed an insurance claim, and ultimately pleaded guilty to insurance fraud. crime. He also notes that, despite Stickland claiming to suffer from permanent and debilitating injuries, there is evidence of him working in his garage with power tools and carrying boxes a few days after the incident with Ujiri.
Stickland’s legal team hasn’t released a public response to the lawsuit at this time.
