{"id":10261,"date":"2025-05-05T09:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T09:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/10261\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T09:34:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T09:34:11","slug":"milwaukee-bucks-file-motion-to-dismiss-pacers-fans-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/10261\/","title":{"rendered":"Milwaukee Bucks file motion to dismiss Pacers fans&#8217; lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/9P-BUCKS-FANS-GEARING-UP-PKG-looklive_00.00.34.40.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-7d0efd03=\"\">Fiserv Forum, Deer District ahead of 2024 Bucks playoff game against Pacers <\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">MILWAUKEE &#8211; The Milwaukee Bucks filed a motion to dismiss a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox6now.com\/news\/pacers-fans-sue-milwaukee-bucks-former-player-former-coach-playoff-incident\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lawsuit brought by two Indiana women<\/a> after an incident during last season&#8217;s playoffs against the Pacers.<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">The motion seeks to dismiss the lawsuit for &#8220;failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.&#8221; The lawsuit was filed against the Bucks organization, former player Patrick Beverley and former assistant coach Josh Oppenheimer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxlocal.onelink.me\/6abq\/ijh6elyt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">FREE DOWNLOAD: Get breaking news alerts in the FOX LOCAL Mobile app for iOS or Android<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  Lawsuit against the Bucks <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-d11d7278=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">A criminal complaint said the women felt physical pain when then-Bucks guard Beverley threw a ball into the stands, hitting them. TNT\u2019s cameras caught the moment Beverley threw a ball at fans twice, just as the Pacers were ending the Bucks&#8217; season last May in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/9p-patrick-bev-ball-in-stands-lawsuit-pkg_00.00.12.10.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-d11d7278=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">The lawsuit, filed in Marion County Superior Court in Indiana, alleges Beverley threw the ball so hard it broke one of the women&#8217;s necklaces. It also accuses former assistant coach Josh Oppenheimer of &#8220;verbally attacking, inciting and provoking Pacers fans&#8221; behind the Bucks bench.<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">Beverley addressed the incident and apologized on his podcast. He went on to say the fans called him something he&#8217;s never been called. The attorney who represents the women said Beverley&#8217;s comments hurt his clients\u2019 reputation, esteem, respect and good will.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this report is from documents filed in Marion County Superior Court and a prior interview with the attorney who represents the plaintiffs.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox6now.com\/tag\/nba\/bucks\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-d11d7278=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox6now.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-d11d7278=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox6now.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-d11d7278=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Fiserv Forum, Deer District ahead of 2024 Bucks playoff game against Pacers MILWAUKEE &#8211; The Milwaukee Bucks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3775],"tags":[7,103,4465,102,121,3871,6,67],"class_list":{"0":"post-10261","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-milwaukee-bucks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bucks","10":"tag-crime-publicsafety","11":"tag-milwaukee","12":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","13":"tag-milwaukeebucks","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114454545383420205","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}