Thursday, March 28, 2024

Ex NBA Star Ray Allen Says He’s a Victim of ‘Catfishing’

Professional basketball player Ray Allen speaks onstage at the NBA on ESPN panel presented by ESPN during Advertising Week 2015 AWXII at the Times Center Stage on September 29, 2015 in New York City.
Professional basketball player Ray Allen speaks onstage at the NBA on ESPN panel presented by ESPN during Advertising Week 2015 AWXII at the Times Center Stage on September 29, 2015 in New York City.

*Retired NBA star Ray Allen said he’s been caught up in a “catfishing” scheme and wants a court to toss out a case where he is accused of stalking someone he met online, reports ESPN.

Allen filed an emergency motion in Orange County, Florida, on Tuesday, one day after Bryant Coleman told the court that he’s being stalked by the 10-time All-Star.

Allen, who won championships with Boston in 2008 and Miami in 2013, said it’s Coleman who is doing the stalking.

“Coleman pretended to be a number of attractive women interested in Ray Allen,” read the motion filed on Allen’s behalf. “Ray believed he was speaking with these women and communicated with them.”

Catfishing, or creating a fake profile on social media to decieve someone, became a thing after the 2010 documentary “Catfish,” and later in the MTV series spinoff that explored trickery in online dating.

Attorney David Oscar Markus released a statement saying Allen took legal action in an effort to put an end to threats against him and his family, and that Allen was the victim “of an online scheme to extract money and embarrass him by someone who appears to be troubled.”

In the filing, Allen said Coleman threatened to reveal details of their conversations, and that the sides eventually struck a deal to keep everything private. Allen said that deal has been violated and that Coleman has continued to harass him and his family through several social-media accounts.

“He posted about Ray’s wife, Ray’s children, Ray’s dog, Ray’s homes, Ray’s wife’s restaurant, and numerous other personal items,” read the motion. “Coleman not only posted about these things, he would actually post while physically located inside Ray’s wife’s restaurant in Orlando. And he would make sure they knew it, tagging Ray and his wife on those posts.”

Allen asked the court to stop Coleman from “cyber-stalking.” It was not clear if Coleman has an attorney, and a working phone number for him could not be found.

“Ray regrets ever engaging with this person online and is thankful they never met in person,” Markus said. “This experience has negatively impacted Ray, and he hopes that others might use his mistake to learn the dangers of communicating online with strangers.”

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