LaMelo Ball must hand over texts in case involving child’s injury. What’s next?

A Charlotte judge ruled Wednesday that Hornets star LaMelo Ball must share his prescription drug list and personal messages in a civil lawsuit. The case claims Ball ran over a 12-year-old’s foot while driving away from a 2023 scrimmage at Spectrum Center.

FULL STORY: LaMelo Ball’s drug prescriptions and text messages to be shared in Charlotte court

Here are key takeaways:

• A mother sued Ball after she says he ran over her son Angell Joseph’s foot outside Spectrum Center in October 2023. The Hornets were originally part of the suit but a judge dropped them from it.

• The boy’s attorney wants to know what prescription drugs Ball was taking and what he was texting around the time of the incident. Ball’s team refused to hand any of it over.

• Judge Lou Trosch sided with the boy’s lawyers, ordering Ball to share his prescription list plus messages from six hours before and 12 hours after the incident. Ball’s attorneys argued the medical info should be private.

• Ball denies the whole thing ever happened and previously claimed the child’s own negligence caused the injuries. He even asked that the family cover his attorney fees.

• Ball’s lawyer Erin Young accused the other side of going on a “fishing expedition” to embarrass her client. The boy’s attorney Cameron deBrun says Ball’s team has been obstructing the legal process all along.

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