Raptors Assistant Coach Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Ex-Wife
Adrian Griffin -- Toronto Raptors assistant and ex-NBA player -- is firing back at his ex-wife, suing for defamation after she accused the hoops coach of domestic violence. https://t.co/iuCNP20T8B
— TMZ (@TMZ) August 5, 2021
The news of the lawsuit comes days after the Raptors have announced that their coaching staff has been locked in.
Raptors coaching staff set:
— Doug Smith: Raptors (@SmithRaps) August 2, 2021
Adrian Griffin, Earl Watson, Nate Mitchell, Trevor Gleeson with Nick Nurse
Eric Khoury returns to Raptors from 905s and assistant coaches John Corbacio, Jon Goodwillie, Jim Sann and player develoment consultant Jamaal Magloire are back as well.
Back in August, 2020 his ex-wife, Audrey Griffin, laced into the former NBA player in a post on social media, accusing him of multiple transgressions. Nearly a year after the accusations, Griffin has hit back with his lawsuit and stated the following through his lawyer:
These were all lies, completely fabricated to take advantage of the current online climate where a woman’s unsupported accusation would be inherently believed, no matter how false or far-fetched. In today’s lost cancel culture, where angry mobs patrol the bowels of social media ready to pounce, an accusation, with or without evidence, is the equivalent of a conviction. Sterling knew her accusations to be false. She made them anyway, and persisted in making them, until her thirst for blood was quenched.Griffin put together a nine-year career in the NBA, averaging 4.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 1.4 apg in 477 career games before embarking on a coaching career that has seen him on the sidelines in five different cities, which includes his current job in Toronto.
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