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Case 4:20-cv-00981-YGR Document 35-1 Filed 08/18/20 Page 1 of 108 1 JOSEPH W. COTCHETT (SBN 36324) [email protected] 2 EMANUEL B. TOWNSEND (SBN 305373) [email protected] 3 TAMARAH P. PREVOST (SBN 313422) [email protected] 4 COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY, LLP 840 Malcolm Road 5 Burlingame, CA 94010 Telephone: (650) 697-6000 6 Facsimile: (650) 697-0577 7 Counsel for Defendants Masai Ujiri, Toronto Raptors, and Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment 8 9 10 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 12 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 13 OAKLAND DIVISION 14 ALAN STRICKLAND, an individual; and Case No. 4:20-cv-000981-YGR 15 KELLY STRICKLAND, an individual, 16 DECLARATION OF TAMARAH P. Plaintiffs, PREVOST IN SUPPORT OF MOTION 17 v. FOR LEAVE TO AMEND ANSWER TO ADD COUNTERCLAIM OF UJIRI 18 1. MASAI UJIRI, an individual; Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 19 2. TORONTO RAPTORS, a business entity; Time: 2:00 p.m. Courtroom: 1, 19th Floor 20 Judge: Hon. Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers 3. MAPLE LEAF SPORTS & 21 ENTERTAINMENT, a business entity; 22 4. NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, INC.; and DOES 1 23 through 100, inclusive 24 Defendants. 25 26 27 28 ♼ LAW OFFICES DECLARATION OF TAMARAH PREVOST ISO DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY, LLP AMENDED JOINT ANSWER AND COUNTERCLAIM OF UJIRI; Case No. 4:20-cv-000981-YGR Case 4:20-cv-00981-YGR Document 35-1 Filed 08/18/20 Page 2 of 108 1 DECLARATION OF TAMARAH PREVOST 2 I, TAMARAH P. PREVOST, declare as follows: 3 1. I am an attorney duly licensed to practice law in the State of California and admitted to 4 practice in this Court. I am a partner with the law firm of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP (“CPM”) 5 and Counsel for Defendants Masai Ujiri, Toronto Raptors, and Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment 6 (“Defendants”) in this litigation. The matters described herein are based on my personal knowledge, 7 and if called as a witness, I could and would testify competently thereto. 8 2. I make this Declaration in support of Defendants’ Motion for Leave to File Amended 9 Joint Answer and Counterclaim. 10 3. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is Defendants’ proposed Amended Answer to Add 11 Counterclaim. 12 4. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a redlined version, comparing Defendants’ proposed 13 amended Joint Answer and Counterclaim, with Defendants’ original Joint Answer, pursuant to the 14 Court’s Standing Order in Civil Cases, ¶ 12. To summarize, the only amendments made are to add 15 Defendants’ Counterclaim. 16 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is true 17 and correct. Executed this 18th day of August, 2020 at Burlingame, California. 18 /s/ Tamarah P. Prevost 19 TAMARAH P. PREVOST 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ♼ LAW OFFICES DECLARATION OF TAMARAH PREVOST ISO DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY, LLP AMENDED JOINT ANSWER AND COUNTERCLAIM OF UJIRI; Case No. 4:20-cv-000981-YGR 1 Case 4:20-cv-00981-YGR Document 35-1 Filed 08/18/20 Page 3 of 108 1 JOSEPH W. COTCHETT (SBN 36324) [email protected] 2 EMANUEL B. TOWNSEND (SBN 305373) [email protected] 3 TAMARAH P. PREVOST (SBN 313422) [email protected] 4 COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY, LLP 840 Malcolm Road 5 Burlingame, CA 94010 Telephone: (650) 697-6000 6 Facsimile: (650) 697-0577 7 Attorneys for Defendants Masai Ujiri, Toronto Raptors, and Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment 8 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 12 OAKLAND DIVISION 13 ALAN STRICKLAND, an individual; and Case No. 4:20-cv-000981-YGR KELLY STRICKLAND, an individual, 14 DEFENDANTS MASAI UJIRI, 15 Plaintiffs, v. TORONTO RAPTORS, AND MAPLE LEAF SPORTS & 16 1. MASAI UJIRI, an individual; ENTERTAINMENT’S AMENDED 17 2. TORONTO RAPTORS, a business entity; JOINT ANSWER AND 3. MAPLE LEAF SPORTS & COUNTERCLAIM OF UJIRI 18 ENTERTAINMENT, a business entity; DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL 19 4. NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, INC.; and DOES 1 20 through 100, inclusive 21 Defendants. 22 23 MASAI UJIRI, an individual, 24 Defendant/Counterclaimant, 25 v. 26 ALAN STRICKLAND, an individual, 27 Plaintiff/Counterdefendant. 28 DEFENDANTS MASAI UJIRI, TORONTO RAPTORS, AND MAPLE LEAF SPORTS & ♼ LAW OFFICES ENTERTAINMENT’S AMENDED JOINT ANSWER AND COUNTERCLAIM OF UJIRI; COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY, LLP Case No. 4:20-cv-000981-YGR Case 4:20-cv-00981-YGR Document 35-1 Filed 08/18/20 Page 4 of 108 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Page No. 3 DEFENDANTS’ JOINT ANSWER 4 I. DEFENDANTS’ INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT ........................................................... 1 5 II. PLAINTIFFS’ COMPLAINT ................................................................................................. 2 6 PARTIES .................................................................................................................................... 2 7 JURISDICITON AND VENUE ................................................................................................. 3 8 FACTS COMMON TO ALL CAUSES OF ACTION ............................................................... 3 9 III. CAUSES OF ACTION ............................................................................................................. 5 10 FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION ..................................................................................................... 5 11 SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION ................................................................................................ 6 12 THIRD CAUSE OF ACTION .................................................................................................... 7 13 FOURTH CAUSE OF ACTION ................................................................................................ 8 14 FIFTH CAUSE OF ACTION ..................................................................................................... 9 15 SIXTH CAUSE OF ACTION .................................................................................................... 9 16 PRAYER FOR RELIEF ........................................................................................................... 10 17 IV. DEFENDANTS’ AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES .................................................................. 10 18 FIRST AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE ......................................................................................... 10 19 SECOND AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE .................................................................................... 10 20 THIRD AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE ........................................................................................ 11 21 FOURTH AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE .................................................................................... 11 22 FIFTH AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE ......................................................................................... 11 23 SIXTH AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE ........................................................................................ 11 24 SEVENTH AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE .................................................................................. 11 25 EIGHTH AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE ..................................................................................... 11 26 NINTH AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE ....................................................................................... 12 27 TENTH AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE ....................................................................................... 12 28 DEFENDANTS MASAI UJIRI, TORONTO RAPTORS, AND MAPLE LEAF SPORTS & ♼ LAW OFFICES ENTERTAINMENT’S AMENDED JOINT ANSWER AND COUNTERCLAIM; COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY, LLP Case No. 4:20-cv-000981-YGR i Case 4:20-cv-00981-YGR Document 35-1 Filed 08/18/20 Page 5 of 108 1 ELEVENTH AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE ............................................................................... 12 2 ADDITIONAL DEFENSES ..................................................................................................... 12 3 V. DEFENDANTS’ PRAYER FOR RELIEF ........................................................................... 13 4 DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL.......................................................................................................... 13 5 COUNTERCLAIMS .......................................................................................................................... 14 6 DEFENDANTS' COUNTERCLAIMS 7 I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 14 8 II. JURISDICTION AND VENUE............................................................................................. 15 9 III. PARTIES ................................................................................................................................. 15 10 IV. FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS ................................................................................................. 15 11 A. The 11-Second Encounter ............................................................................................. 16 12 B. Deputy Strickland Falsifies the Encounter and Attempts to Portray Mr. Ujiri as the 13 Initial Aggressor and an Inherently Violent Individual ................................................ 18 14 1. Strickland’s Description of the Encounter Has Already Been Refuted by Testimonial, Video, and Documentary Evidence ............................................. 18 15 2. Mr. Strickland Has a History of Committing Fraud ......................................... 26 16 3. Sergeant Ray Kelly Pushes Strickland’s False Narrative ................................. 26 17 VI. COUNTERCLAIMS .............................................................................................................