The alleged incident occurred on New Year's Eve in the Century City area of Los Angeles, where multiple reports indicate Nacua bit a woman and used an antisemitic slur during a group outing. The woman filed for a temporary restraining order against the NFL player, but that order has since been dropped, according to major media sources. Details of the alleged incident include claims that Nacua dropped his head into the woman's friend's lap and bit her thumb forcefully, causing her to scream in pain, before turning to his accuser and biting her left shoulder, leaving a circular imprint of his teeth.
A photo of the bite mark was included in the application for the temporary restraining order, and the alleged victim contacted police and filed an incident report the day after the incident, according to multiple reports. Nacua denies the allegations through his attorney Levi McCathern, who claims the bite mark happened during 'horseplay' while the group was partying. McCathern insists nothing more than a 'temporary mark' was left and maintains that Nacua had never seen or met the accuser prior to the allegations and has not seen her since.
The exact nature and timeline of the 'horseplay' described by Nacua's attorney remains unclear. The woman who accused Nacua is now reportedly suing him for gender violence, assault and battery, and negligence. She claims the alleged slur was the 'first act in what became an escalating course of rude or vulgar, threatening, violent, and harassing conduct' by Nacua.
We will be filing a defamation lawsuit and pursuing all available legal remedies in response to these false and damaging statements.
According to the lawsuit, after dinner, the woman claims she and her friend got in a Sprinter van with Nacua and others when he became 'touchy-feely' with her. She alleges she has suffered actual damages including physical injury, pain and suffering, medical expenses, and severe emotional distress, and is seeking general and compensatory damages as well as special damages including medical expenses, past and future. Legal proceedings are ongoing, with prosecutors looking into the allegations and the case under review.
Nacua's attorney has accused the woman of trying to 'blackmail' the NFL player. What specific evidence prosecutors have reviewed remains unknown, and whether Nacua has officially filed a defamation lawsuit is not yet confirmed. The Rams are waiting for the legal process to play out, according to multiple reports.
Head coach Sean McVay expressed confidence in Nacua as both a player and a person. There have been conversations within the franchise over Nacua's future, given that he is heading into the last year of his four-year rookie contract. This controversy follows a previous incident where Nacua faced significant backlash and later issued an apology after appearing on a livestream with streamer Adin Ross in December, during which he performed a gesture widely criticized as antisemitic.
The identity and background of the current accuser, and her relationship to Nacua prior to the alleged incident, have not been disclosed, and the exact outcome of the police incident report filed by the alleged victim is unknown.