Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant has filed a countersuit against the Memphis teenager suing the two-time All-Star, accusing the teen of slander, battery and assault over a pickup basketball game at Morant’s home last July.
for “conduct detrimental to the league” for displaying a firearm at a suburban Denver club on March 4.
In the countersuit, Morant also accuses the teen of lying to police, in the original lawsuit and then changing his story in the amended version. Holloway’s attorneys did not immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press requesting comment on Morant’s countersuit. "These statements were false, and Counter-Defendant had actual knowledge of their falsehood or had reckless disregard for the truth," according to Morant's countersuit.
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