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The civil sexual assault trial of Lakers star Byron Scott is on hold after the former player and coach filed for bankruptcy last week. Hayley Dylan has accused Scott in a civil lawsuit of sexually assaulting her in the summer of 1987 when she was a 15-year-old student at Campbell Hall School and he was 26 and married. The case originally was set to go to a jury trial Tuesday and then was pushed back to Oct. 12 because of a court scheduling conflict.
Dylan’s attorney, Kerry Garvis Wright, told The Times in a phone interview Tuesday that her team plans to file a motion with the bankruptcy court for relief from stay to return the sexual assault case back to state court. If the motion is not granted, Dylan would have to pursue her claims against Scott in bankruptcy court. “We’re planning on exploring all of our options to get relief from stay and to have this case tried before a jury as soon as possible so that Byron Scott can face the consequences of his actions,” Wright said.
NBA Courtside: Olden Polynice GOES OFF on Tracy McGrady for his MVP over rings argument: “T-Mac I’ve never read your book, Things Losers Say. Because that’s what it is. I’m sick and tired. And see, all these young people keep saying these old heads, they do this and do that. It’s not the old heads. Most of us know what we’re talking about. And we come from a point of reference where we try to keep it civil. You guys are just blurring out crap. Y’all just blurring out sh*t. Or, you know, if I had been on the Lakers, I would have won more championships than Kobe. Sh*t like that. Stop it dude. Okay. Championships matter. We don’t know who the 12th man is, but guess what? Jack Haley had three rings and he can carry that ring anywhere and show it and get stuff from it. Nobody gives damn about no damn MVPs.” (Via Byron Scott’s Fast Break)
Danny Green on Lakers’ sale: You want owners that are in this league that care about the game and not just about making a buck or just the other stuff that doesn't really matter. Owners that actually want to be around, be at the games, and then care to build their teams and put money into the team… Jay Wagers: Instead of a corporation. Green: Yeah. Byron Scott: "Listen, it matters but it don't matter because we got no say so whatsoever. You know what I'm saying? But it matters because of the fact that when you play for the Lakers, like we have, and it's under the Buss family, that umbrella, you just never thought or never imagined it ever being owned by somebody else. So, I'm sure just like all three of us, the first sale to the Walters Group for 10 billion, we all were like, 'What?' They sold? And then my second thought was, 'Oh shit, 10 billion, okay, well I get it.' You know what I'm saying? But you still have that initial shock of them being sold because you just never fathomed the fact that the Buss family would not own the Lakers."
Jay Wagers: "Byron, you experienced the organization when Dr. Jerry Buss was alive. So, what did Jerry Buss create culturally that made the Lakers different from any other NBA franchise?" Byron Scott: "I think the main thing is he made us feel a very much of a sense of pride of wearing purple and gold, that it meant something different than being in any organization, that it was more of a family organization than most organizations that were either hobbies for some of the owners or that was their money maker. I think Jerry really wanted it to be more of a family-oriented organization and he made that point clear from day one. And he also hired the people to do their jobs. He hired Jerry West to be the general manager, make decisions. He didn't go behind his back or go in and say, 'No, no, we're not doing this, we're not doing that.' He hired these guys to do their job and he allowed them to do their jobs. He was just first of all, a very unique owner, still to me, one of the best owners in any sport that you can imagine. And he treated all of us the same. He treated every player the same. He treated Magic Johnson no different than he treated Wes Matthews. He would come in the locker room and he talked to everybody. He was one of the most humble owners that I've ever met."
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The woman accusing former Los Angeles Lakers star Byron Scott of sexually assaulting her when she was 15 has settled her claims against Campbell Hall, the prestigious Southern California private school where the alleged incident occurred nearly 40 years ago.
According to court documents previously obtained by USA TODAY Sports, the woman accuses the now 65-year-old Scott of sexual battery and false imprisonment. The original lawsuit was filed in 2022 under the California Child Victim's Act, which extended the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse survivors to file civil claims. Scott sought to keep his name out of the documents and requested to use "John Doe."
Campbell Hall, the prestigious Studio City private school where Lakers star Byron Scott allegedly sexually assaulted a 15-year-old student in 1987, has reached a confidential settlement with the woman in Los Angeles Superior Court. The settlement amount is under seal until the conclusion of Scott’s civil trial, set to begin Sept. 8 in Van Nuys. Hayley Dylan is seeking unspecified economic and non-economic damages from Scott, who was 26 and married at the time of the encounter. According to Dylan’s complaint, the assault occurred during the filming of an instructional basketball video by several Lakers players in the Campbell Hall gym. Scott and Dylan walked away from faculty members and the video production crew and and Scott allegedly assaulted her in a janitor’s closet.
Several Lakers legends weighed in on the stunning ownership upheaval surrounding one of sports’ most recognizable franchises, speaking exclusively with the California Post at the Harold & Carole Pump Foundation’s 26th Anniversary Celebrity Dinner on Thursday night at the Beverly Hilton. “I don’t think he [Dr. Jerry Buss] would be very happy with the state of the Lakers right now,” three-time Lakers champion Byron Scott said when asked about the family dispute.
On his "Byron Scott's Fast Break" podcast, the Los Angeles Lakers legend claimed that while the 76ers look good on paper with James' addition, expectations must be tempered about Philly easily winning it all. Using the ill-fated 2003-04 Lakers as an example, Scott said the new-look 76ers with James are still not assured of claiming an NBA title. ‘I mean we can go all the way back to the early parts in the 2000s. You got Karl Malone, Gary Payton, Kobe Bryant, Shaq [O'Neal], and you still got [Derek Fisher], you know, you still got an unbelievable starting lineup. And on paper, everybody said, 'Oh, they going to win a championship.' What happened? They played Detroit Pistons, who was a team, much better team, a much better cohesive group of guys who wanted nothing more than to win. And you had friction on that Laker team with Gary Payton and some of the other guys. And then you had the Peacemaker Karl Malone. And then Karl got hurt which really killed their chances of winning the championship and Detroit went through them four games to one. Right? So talent on paper don’t mean a whole lot.’
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Byron Scott: "If they don't win a championship this year, who they going to blame? LeBron. If they win a championship, who they going to say? Well, we supposed to, right? So he has to me, it's not that he doesn't have a choice, but being that he's been in this league this long, he's accomplished every f*cking thing that you can accomplish. So why not just say, look, you guys, it's your team."
Byron Scott says LeBron James is not a top 5 All-Time Lakers player, he might be top 10: “I’m going by if you put that purple and gold there’s a different standard. So, I’m going to elaborate on a little bit. There’s a different standard and you look at the top guys, the Kareem, the Magic’s, the Kobe’s, the Shaq’s, you know, guys like that. Those guys got multiple championships with this organization.”