Le’Veon Bell went on a wild live-stream rant on Tuesday as he again denied the allegations that he raped his cousin, saying that he doesn’t ‘need to’ force himself upon women before bragging about having ‘thousands’ of consensual sexual partners.
An attorney for Bell initially told TMZ that the former NFL star ‘adamantly denies’ the allegations in the case, which sees Bell and his brother, La’Vonte, accused of raping their cousin for around a decade, beginning when she was six or seven years old. A jury has also ordered that the woman receive damages totaling $25million from Bell and another $11.05m from his brother La’Vonte, according to court documents.
Following the initial report, Bell did a livestream on Twitch, calling the allegations ‘bulls***’ before boasting about his number of sexual partners.
‘Do y’all think Le’Veon Bell… do I need to force myself upon a woman? Anybody? Do I need to force myself upon them? I don’t,’ he said.
‘My number is so high… thousands of women, slayed by the dragon,’ he later continued. ‘I done slayed so many women it’s like a f***ing dragon bro. I’m a dragon slayer out here.’
Bell denied ever forcing himself upon a woman sexually.
Le’Veon Bell called the allegations against him ‘bulls***’ as he live-streamed on Twitch
Le’Veon Bell is reportedly denying allegations that he abused his cousin for around a decade
Bell also said that the cousin claiming he raped her went to all of his football games, and claimed he was never served.
The lawsuit was filed in March 2024, though he claimed that he was not aware of its existence until TMZ reached out to him for comment this week.
Both La’Vonte and the former running back are accused of starting nonconsensual ‘incestual relations’ with their cousin when she was just six to seven years old. The civil complaint says they allegedly continued ‘through at least 2017’ – four years after Bell was drafted into the NFL.
According to a lawsuit filed in Ohio last March, the woman is eight years younger than 33-year-old Bell, who played for the Jets, Steelers, Chiefs, Ravens and Buccaneers before becoming a boxer.
In October 2024, a judge issued a default judgment in the woman’s favor favor after the defendants ‘failed to move, plead, or otherwise appear in this action.’
‘Thus,’ the judgment continued, ‘liability is hereby established as to all counts of the Complaint.’ The case was sent to jury trial to determine damages. But Bell’s attorney told TMZ that the default judgement in the case is ‘bogus’. He also said the ex-NFL player ‘is in the process of filing a motion to open and reverse the default judgment’ .
He played for the Jets, Steelers, Chiefs, Ravens and Buccaneers before becoming a boxer
‘Both defendants engaged in ongoing incestual relations with the Plaintiff beginning when Plaintiff was just six to seven years old,’ the complaint reads.
‘These incestual relations continued through at least 2017,’ with Bell accused in the civil complaint of continuously ‘engaging in these encounters’ during ‘his college years and beyond’.
The court paper said that the former running back – who appeared at a Donald Trump rally ahead of last year’s election – ‘often used slang terms to instruct the minor child as to which incestual acts he wished for her to perform… for instance, he termed oral sex ‘fire’.’
The complaint continues: ‘None of these encounters were consensual and they happened with such frequency as to habitualize Plaintiff to the abuse’.
The woman is said to have suffered ‘extreme and ongoing mental anguish and distress as a result of the incestual sexual relations forced upon her by the Defendants.’
‘The mental injuries inflicted upon her as a result of Defendants’ actions have had immense negative effect on her interpersonal relationships and day-to-day life.’
The jury ruled that the former NFL star award the woman $20m in relation to the ‘assault, battery, and childhood sexual abuse claim’, as well as legal fees and another $5m in punitive damages.
Bell (right) appeared at a Donald Trump election rally alongside Antonio Brown (left)
Bell’s brother La’Vonte (R) is also accused of ‘assault, battery and childhood sexual abuse’
La’Vonte Bell, meanwhile, was ordered to pay $11m in ‘compensatory damages’ related to the ‘assault, battery and childhood sexual abuse claim’.
The jury also found that he should be pay the Plaintiff’s legal fees and $50,000 in ‘punitive damages’.
DailyMail.com reached out to Bell’s attorney for comment. In a statement to TMZ, Thomas W. Shaffer said: ‘My client adamantly denies any and all allegations that have been lodged against him.
‘Further, he was never served with a civil complaint or any documents. The default judgment granted was based upon violations of his Fifth Amendment rights of due process for failing to be served.
‘My client is in the process of filing a motion to open and reverse the default judgment because the narratives of the case have never been litigated.’
