LeBron and Bronny James file response to car crash lawsuit, denying ‘each and every allegation’

Lakers teammates Bronny, left, and LeBron James warm up before a game against the Washington Wizards on Jan. 30 at Capital One Arena. LeBron and Bronny James have denied “each and every allegation” made in a lawsuit that claimed they had some involvement in a 2022 car crash in the town of Littlerock in the Antelope Valley. That lawsuit, filed last fall in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleged that the father-son Lakers teammates “negligently owned, controlled, repaired, entrusted, maintained and operated an automobile as to cause it to, and it did, become involved in an accident or collision,” causing injury to the plaintiffs and damage to the vehicle they were in. The filing lists 14 defenses to the complaint, including the assertions that if any injuries or damages did occur, they were caused “by persons other than these answering defendants” and “by plaintiffs in failing to conduct themselves in a manner ordinarily expected of a reasonably prudent person in the conduct of their affairs and person.” It further states that “the events, injuries, losses, and damages complained of in plaintiffs’ complaint, if any there were, were unavoidable insofar as these answering defendants are concerned and occurred without any negligence, want of care, default, or other breach of duty to plaintiffs on the part of said defendants.” LeBron and Bronny James are asking for judgment in their favor and relief, including payment for the costs of the lawsuit. Plaintiffs Kiara McGillen and April Lopez filed their lawsuit Oct. 23, the day after LeBron and Bronny James became the first father-son duo to share an NBA court together.