A court motion and sworn affidavit filed by Zion Williamson’s former marketing representative’s attorneys in federal court today alleges that Williamson’s stepfather solicited and accepted a $400,000 payment from a marketing agent in October 2018.
The agent’s attorneys say the affidavit and other pieces of evidence show that Williamson was ineligible when he competed for Duke in the 2018-19 season.
According to ESPN.com:
Exhibits attached to the motion include an affidavit from Donald Kreiss, a Los Angeles-based entrepreneur, who says he engages in fundraising, deal-making and investing. Kreiss said he was introduced to Duric by a third party and agreed to invest in Duric’s company, Maximum Management Group, in exchange for a percentage of the money generated from its exclusive marketing agreement with Williamson.
In the affidavit, Kreiss wrote that after Williamson signed with CAA to handle his marketing opportunities, he and Anderson agreed to “repay all monies given to his Family in 2018 and pay us seven to ten million dollars.” Kreiss also wrote that Duric had to “‘shred’ any record relating to payment of money and the contract” between Williamson and MMG.
The exhibits included a purported marketing agreement with Maximum Management Group, which was allegedly signed by Williamson and his stepfather, Lee Anderson, on May 2, 2019, and a purported letter of declaration from Dec. 8, 2019, in which Anderson and Williamson agreed to repay $500,000 to Duric before Jan. 7 “for a repayment of a loan rendered by him to our family in October 10, 2018.”
Klein said in a letter to Pittman that a Google search revealed that Duric “purportedly attempted to defraud [Dallas Mavericks player] Luka Doncic … using a scheme in which he forged Doncic’s and his mother’s signatures on a contract.”
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