An attorney for Byron Scott filed court papers stating that her firm is no longer representing the former Lakers shooting guard and that he is, for now, acting as his own attorney in a lawsuit brought by a 54-year-old woman who accuses Scott of sexually abusing her during a 1987 team event.
The announcement by Scott lawyer Linda Bauermeister was contained in a substitution of attorney form filed Friday with Burbank Superior Court Judge Lee S. Arian. In September, Bauermeister told the judge Scott would be declaring bankruptcy. A bankruptcy filing typically puts civil litigation on hold. A status conference on the bankruptcy issue is scheduled Nov. 30.
The woman’s complaint alleges sexual battery and false imprisonment. Scott, now 65, is named as a defendant along with Campbell Hall School, a K-12 independent Episcopal school. The plaintiff was 15 years old at the time of the alleged abuse and Scott was 26.
According to the plaintiff’s suit filed in December 2022, she was in summer school at Campbell Hall in 1987 when she was sexually assaulted by Scott in a locked janitor’s closet in the school gymnasium. The Lakers were at the school to film an instructional basketball video and meet with students, parents and faculty members, according to the complaint.
But in their court papers, Scott’s former attorneys stated he believed the girl was a member of the production crew and not a student or a minor.
The terms of the settlement the woman reached with Campbell Hall will remain sealed until after the allegations involving Scott are tried and a final judgment is entered.
The “Showtime” era Lakers player’s lawyers opposed the temporary sealing.