NBA: LeBron James - The King is more likely to be Prince James?
LeBron James the star of 2010 NBA free-agency, made the headline today but this time for a different reason. Apparently Anthony McClelland an ex-con who was LeBron James biological father is not his father. Leicester Bryce Stovell a former U.S Securities and Exchange Commission attorney sued both LeBron and his mother for negligence and misrepresentation.
Stovell filed a suit in the federal court in Washington on 23rd June, he accused her of maliciously denying the fact that they met in a bar in 84’ and had one-night stand, without protection. Stovell also mentioned in his 22 page complaint that he is quite overwhelmed about the fact who he is and is quite certain that James knows that he is also is biological father.
According to Stovell, LeBron does not want to acknowledge the fact that he is his actual father because he is angry and fells tormented, thinking he was abandoned. He is helping her mother knowingly because he also fears that his image as a successful father less player would project differently.
TMZ.com a celebrity news website were the first to report about the complaint, just a day before when LeBron James planned to announce for which team he will be shooting buckets for this year.
Leicester Bryce Stovell who acclaims to be the father of LeBron James will be representing himself in the court. Various news sources who have tried to contact have failed as he does not pick up or returns any calls, even his voice mail inbox is full. On the other Mr. John Burlingame who is James lawyer did the same as he did not return any calls which were made to him by the press.
Although in 2007, Strovell’s Lawsuit says that James took a paternity test in 2007 in Ohio, where the tests results proved that there was zero percent probability of two being related to each other. However, Strovell insists that the tests were doctored.
When asked why he was filing a suit after so many years, he said that he broke his ties with Gloria James after he was told by the bartender she was only 15 years old while he was 29 at that time.
He also concludes to his complaint that he called Gloria James after indulging into a “consensual sexual relationship” with her, apologizing for his sub-par performance. Leicester also claimed Gloria returned to her hometown Ohio after their one-night stand but came down to town after a few months to notify him that she was pregnant but she did not say who her father was.
Leicester says he was also a basketball star in his school days and when Gloria came to meet him which was more than 20 years ago to break the news to him about her pregnancy he told her that if it was his she should make sure he plays basketball. After that he says he never saw her.
He says what struck him to contact her was after watching him play a game in 2007 he noted that LeBron’s height, pigmentation and athletic body was quite similar to his. Leicester further denotes in his complaint that when he contacted Gloria she told him to stay away or else she will get him physically harmed, also James money is for his children.
So why would the King be behind such a fraud? Leicester suggests it is because Gloria wanted to make a one dimensional image and because LeBron still feels anguished thinking he was abandoned.
Strovell also mentioned in his complaint that he resigned from the SEC in 2002 because he was offered $230,000 by them for dropping his complaint against James and his mother. Records also show that Bryce joined SEC in 83’ and after his resignation he was earning more than a hundred thousand dollars. Leicester also pointed later that James named his son Bryce and that was no coincidence.
Well like they the truth always comes out sooner or later, so the question is going to create problems for the king in future?
For the time being or in future it is not likely such a trivial thing will affect the superstar’s glory. He is where he is because of himself, his hard work and his mother’s prayers, not because of Strovell, so it would just be better to give him the $4M he wants.
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