Los Angeles Rams breakout wide receiver Puka Nacua is in full damage-control mode after a Los Angeles woman filed court papers accusing him of an antisemitic rant and a violent bite attack during a New Year\u2019s Eve outing. The 24-year-old rookie record-setter calls the accusations fiction, and his attorneys say the only thing that actually bled that night was an attempt to squeeze millions out of the rising NFL star.<\/p>\n
According to an application for a temporary restraining order, the woman says she joined a group of friends for dinner in Century City on 31 December 202 to ring in 2025. She claims that during the meal Nacua blurted out, \u201cF all the Jews,\u201d shocking the table. She also alleges that the evening spiraled from there.<\/p>\n
After leaving the restaurant, the group piled into a Sprinter van. The woman says Nacua became \u201ctouchy-feeley,\u201d then suddenly \u201cdropped his head into her girlfriend\u2019s lap and crotch area\u201d before biting the friend\u2019s thumb hard enough to make her scream. Moments later, she claims, he turned on her, bit her left shoulder, and \u201cbroke the skin, leaving a circular imprint of his teeth.\u201d She attached a photograph of the purported injury to the filing.<\/p>\n
The woman says she went to the LAPD the next day and filed an incident report. She then sought a restraining order, arguing she feared further harassment.<\/p>\n
Fast-forward to March 2026. Attorneys for both sides, plus a crisis-public-relations team, met for a private mediation. The woman claims that Nacua\u2019s camp warned that if she pursued the matter, they would \u201ccontact TMZ and other press outlets and disseminate false, inaccurate, and\/or deliberately exaggerated statements\u201d about her.<\/p>\n
That mediation clearly failed. Days later the story surfaced online, and Nacua\u2019s lead counsel, Dallas-based attorney Levi McCathern, went on the offensive. \u201cThis is a textbook shakedown,\u201d McCathern told reporters. \u201cShe has demanded millions of dollars or threatened to ruin Puka\u2019s reputation.\u201d<\/p>\n
McCathern does not deny that Nacua was in the van or that some \u201chorseplay\u201d occurred. He insists, however, that any bite left \u201cnothing more than a temporary mark\u201d and that the alleged antisemitic comment \u201cnever happened.\u201d The lawyer says he has taken statements from multiple sober dinner guests who swear they never heard the slur.<\/p>\n
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge reviewed the woman\u2019s request for a temporary restraining of order and declined to issue it, citing insufficient evidence of immediate danger. That denial does not decide the underlying facts; it simply means the court saw no legally urgent need for a stay-away order at this stage.<\/p>\n
Both sides now appear headed for a civil showdown unless a settlement is reached. Criminal charges have not been filed, though the LAPD continues to list the incident as \u201cunder investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Regardless of how the case plays out, the allegations land at a moment when the NFL is under intense scrutiny over player behavior and social responsibility. The league already has faced criticism for its handling of past off-field incidents, and Commissioner Roger Goodell has pledged swifter investigations under the league\u2019s personal-conduct policy.<\/p>\n
Nacua, a fifth-round draft pick out of BYU, shattered rookie receiving records in 2024 and is viewed as one of the Rams\u2019 cornerstones on offense. Any prolonged legal fight risks endorsement deals, community goodwill, and potential discipline from the league even before facts are legally established.<\/p>\n
The Rams issued a terse statement: \u201cWe are aware of the matter and gather facts. We will have no further comment at this time.\u201d The NFL has not publicly placed Nacua on any exempt list, so he remains eligible for off-season workouts and pre-season preparations.<\/p>\n
Legal analysts say the next milestone will be discovery\u2014where both sides exchange evidence and take depositions. If Nacua\u2019s camp can produce sworn statements from dinner guests plus video from the restaurant or the van, the accuser\u2019s narrative could weaken<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Rams breakout wide receiver Puka Nacua is in full damage-control mode after a Los Angeles woman filed court papers accusing him of an antisemitic rant and a violent bite attack during a New Year\u2019s Eve outing. The 24-year-old rookie record-setter calls the accusations fiction, and his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}