CLIPPERS NOTEBOOK: WOMAN TO SUE OLOWOKANDI.Byline: Randy Hill The attorney representing a Sacramento woman is demanding a multimillion-dollar payment from Clippers center Michael Olowokandi Michael Olowokandi (born April 3 1975 in Lagos, Nigeria), nicknamed The Kandi Man is a Nigerian professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He currently is a free agent. in a civil action filed Tuesday in Stockton. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a statement released Wednesday by Olowokandi's representatives at Bill Duffy and Associates Sports Management, the woman - who, like Olowokandi, was a University of Pacific student at the time - is alleging her 1998 relationship with Olowokandi that produced a child included one sexual encounter that was not consensual. Still, no criminal charges have been filed. The woman has not petitioned for custody of the child or financial remuneration for its welfare. As of Wednesday night, Olowokandi's attorney had not been served with the civil papers. Duffy would not provide names of those involved, or more specific information about the situation, in order to protect the interests of the four-month-old boy, who was given up for adoption by his mother immediately after birth. According to BDA's statement, Olowokandi was consulted by the woman before the adoption process began and handled the attendant financial responsibilities. But about a year after the alleged incident and four months after signing a three-year, $10 million contract as the first overall pick in the 1998 NBA Draft The NBA Draft is an annual North American event in which the National Basketball Association's (NBA) thirty teams (29 in the United States and one in Toronto, Canada) can select players who wish to join the league. , Olowokandi - who, according to the BDA BDA Battle Damage Assessment BDA Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände (German: Confederation of German Employers' Associations) BDA British Dental Association BDA Blu-ray Disc Association BDA Bund Deutscher Architekten statement, passed a polygraph An instrument used to measure physiological responses in humans when they are questioned in order to determine if their answers are truthful. Also known as a "lie detector," the polygraph has a controversial history in U.S. law. test concerning the issue of consent - is facing civil action. Davis auditions: Despite the haystack of evidence in his favor, Baron Davis Baron Walter Louis Davis (born April 13 1979, in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional basketball player currently starting at point guard for the NBA's Golden State Warriors. He began playing basketball at the age of five. was obliged to drag the burden of proof into USC's Lyon Center. ``It was my first time doing this, so I was kind of nervous,'' the ex-UCLA star admitted after nearly two hours of on-court auditioning for the Clippers. ``I just wanted to come in and no matter what, work as hard as I could.'' |
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