A courtroom submitting alleges former Miami Dolphins cornerback Xavien Howard despatched a sexually express photograph of a lady to her underage son “for the aim of manipulation and/or revenge.”
The movement, filed Thursday in Broward (Fla.) Circuit Courtroom, seeks so as to add the boy to a lady’s lawsuit who alleged, in a separate incident, that Howard recorded and distributed sexual movies involving the 2 of them to a 3rd occasion with out her consent.
In response to the courtroom paperwork, Howard was sexually concerned with the boy’s mom. After the boy’s mom grew to become pregnant, Howard demanded that she have an abortion, the lawsuit alleges. When she refused, Howard texted a sexually express photograph of the 2 of them to the boy in September 2022, based on the submitting.
The boy, known as “John Doe” within the submitting, was a minor when he obtained the photograph, however is now of the age of majority, per the swimsuit. His mom deleted the photograph from his telephone, however he accessed it by way of his iCloud account, based on the lawsuit.
The brand new allegation follows a lawsuit filed by a lady on Could 23, 2023, named “Jane Doe,” in courtroom paperwork. The movement Thursday asks for the boy to be added to the lawsuit as a result of his claims “allege an identical sample of conduct.” The girl who filed the preliminary lawsuit and the boy aren’t associated, per courtroom paperwork.
“Mr. Howard denies the claims and appears ahead to prevailing in a courtroom of legislation,” stated GrayRobinson lawyer Ted Craig on behalf of Howard.
Howard and the lady (Jane Doe) started a sexual relationship in 2022, which resulted in July 2022, per the lawsuit. Round Sept. 25, 2022, the lady allegedly obtained sexually express movies from one other lady by way of Instagram, which confirmed her having sexual activity with Howard, per the criticism.
The girl’s attorneys submitted a stop and desist letter to Howard in October 2022. In April 2023, after the stop and desist letter was despatched, the lady obtained “sexually express pictures and movies of nude girls” from a lady that Howard had lately despatched to her, per the criticism. Jane Doe was in one of many pictures, based on the lawsuit, taken and distributed with out “her data or consent.”
Each Jane Doe and John Doe are in search of judgments for damages in extra of $50,000 for intentional infliction of emotional misery. Moreover, Jane Doe is suing Howard for intrusion of privateness and sexual harassment and has additionally requested for an injunction to make sure that Howard doesn’t disseminate any extra movies or pictures that have been taken with out her consent.
Howard, 30, was a second-round decide of the Dolphins in 2016. He spent eight seasons with the Dolphins, earlier than the staff launched Howard in March. He’s at the moment a free agent. A four-time Professional Bowler, Howard had 45 tackles and one interception in 2023.
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