Rams star Puka Nacua sued over alleged antisemitic remark and biting incident

• Lawyer says witnesses clear player of wrongdoing

• Receiver was guilty only of ‘horseplay’, says lawyer

Star Los Angeles Rams receiver Puka Nacua has been sued by a woman who says he made an antisemitic statement and bit her on the shoulder on New Year’s Eve.

The civil lawsuit was filed this week in Los Angeles, according to TMZ. The suit also cites gender violence and negligence.

Madison Atiabi and her attorney, Joseph Kar, claim Nacua said “fuck all Jews” during a New Year’s Eve dinner in Los Angeles last year. Atiabi is Jewish and says she “immediately felt uncomfortable and emotionally distressed” when the wide receiver made the comments. She says Nacua also bit her and left teeth marks on her shoulder later in the night. The lawsuit also alleges that Nacua bit Atiabi’s friend on the thumb “with such force that her companion screamed in acute pain.”

Nacua’s attorney, Levi McCathern, has strongly denied Nacua made any antisemitic statements. He described the bites as “horseplay.”

McCathern said in a statement that “multiple sober witnesses have stated unequivocally that Puka never made the comments Ms Atiabi claims.”

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