Ja Morant Countersues Accuser For Slander, Assault & Battery

Ja Morant is countersuing {the teenager} who says he was assaulted by the NBA star … claiming the man is mendacity about their July 2022 pickup basketball altercation — alleging he is the one who was truly threatened through the incident.

The Memphis Grizzlies level guard spelled out his claims in new courtroom paperwork that had been filed in Shelby County, TN on Wednesday night time.

Within the docs, obtained by TMZ Sports activities, Morant acknowledged getting right into a tiff with H.S. basketball star Joshua Holloway through the July 26 sport at his dwelling in Memphis, however says Holloway was the aggressor within the scenario.

Morant says after issues “received heated” through the sport, Holloway deliberately threw a basketball at Morant’s face. The teenager then, in response to Morant, “balled up his fists and walked aggressively” towards the NBA star “as if to assault him.”

Morant mentioned within the docs he did hit the boy, however claimed it was self-defense. He added that following an ensuing skirmish, Holloway yelled that he would come again to Morant’s home and lightweight it up “like a firework present.”

Morant says he — and different witnesses on the scene — took that as “a menace to make use of a gun.”

However, within the countersuit, Morant says Holloway then went to cops and lied to them in regards to the scenario, telling officers he was the sufferer. Morant says the boy additionally falsely advised the cops Morant had a gun on his particular person following the altercation.

Morant mentioned within the docs that after the boy’s fabricated story turned public via the media, it induced him ridicule and humiliation.

Morant is now countersuing Holloway for slander, battery and assault. He is asking for unspecified damages.

As we beforehand reported, Holloway sued Morant over the incident in September — claiming the two-time All-Star and certainly one of his good mates roughed him up within the confrontation on the pickup sport.