According to TMZ, a man is suing LeBron James and his mother, Gloria James, for a substantial amount of money. The man alleges that he attempted to prove he was LeBron’s biological father, but the evidence was tampered with in a sinister cover-up by LeBron and his mom.
The legal case is quite sensational. Leicester Bryce Stovell, aged 55, alleges that he had an encounter with Gloria back in 1984. They met at a bar in the Washington D.C. region and had intercourse without protection on the very same night they met. He later discovered that Gloria was just 15 years old at that time, while he was 29. Stovell has filed this case in a federal court recently and claimed that Gloria has kept the truth concealed from LeBron all these years.
However, the person who is making this statement is not an ordinary person. He is a Princeton alumnus, who has also earned a law degree from the prestigious University of Chicago. Furthermore, he is a Senior Legal Advisor for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Stovell, in his lawsuit, confidently asserts that he remembers the night he had consensual sexual relations with Gloria, and even apologized for not performing better.
Leicester insists that he hooked up with Gloria, but she returned to Ohio soon after. Several months later, she informed him that she was pregnant with a boy named LeBron, but she never mentioned the father’s identity. Leicester remembers telling her to make sure that the child plays basketball if he is his. He claims that he didn’t see Gloria again for over 20 years until he reconnected with her in 2007 over the phone, where he realized that he could be LeBron’s father. Leicester noted that LeBron and he almost look alike and have similar athletic body types. However, during the phone call, Gloria denied ever meeting him, threatened him, and said that LeBron’s money was for his children. LeBron agreed to take a DNA paternity test, which showed that he wasn’t Leicester’s son. Leicester, however, suspected that Gloria and LeBron tampered with the results. He believes LeBron participated in the cover-up due to anger at perceived abandonment and conflict arising from his image as a successful fatherless child from the projects. Leicester also seeks $4 million from both LeBron and his mother for fraud, defamation and misrepresentation. Finally, he points out that LeBron named his second son “Bryce,” which is his middle name, and claims it’s no coincidence.
