NBA Star Brandon Miller Sued For Wrongful Death

Brandon Miller — the ex-Crimson Tide star who was the No. 2 total choose within the 2023 NBA Draft — has been sued for wrongful dying by the household of the girl who was killed in a capturing earlier this yr close to the College of Alabama.

The lawsuit, obtained by TMZ Sports activities, was filed in a federal court docket on Friday by Jamea Harris‘ mom, DeCarla Heard … practically 10 months after Harris was allegedly murdered by Miller’s buddy.

Within the go well with, Heard claims Miller performed a major position in her daughter’s Jan. 14 dying … alleging Miller was the one who got here to the placement of the capturing with the firearm that Michael Davis then used to kill Harris.

Heard claims Miller, Davis and former Tide basketball participant Darius Miles had all been collectively earlier within the night time at a row of golf equipment in Tuscaloosa, when Miller left as a result of a line to get into one of many bars was too lengthy. She says Miles left his gun in Miller’s journey earlier than the basketball phenom took off.

A short while later, although, Heard says Davis and Miles left the bar … and acquired right into a dispute with Harris, her boyfriend and her cousin. She claims within the go well with Miles then texted Miller, now a Charlotte Hornet, asking for his “joint” as a result of “someone was ‘fakin’,’ meaning using words in an aggressive manner with no intention or ability to back them up.”

Heard says when Miller confirmed up minutes later, Miles then retrieved the gun from the hooper’s journey, earlier than he handed it off to Davis. She alleges Davis then approached Harris, her BF and her cousin in a automobile and fired off rounds — putting Harris with at the least one within the face, killing her.

Heard is in search of damages … claiming Davis, Miles and Miller “should have known that bringing a dangerous weapon to a dispute and discharging said weapon would likely result in harm to those around them.”

For his half, Miller’s attorney said in February that Miller “never touched the gun, was not involved in its exchange to Mr. Davis in any way, and never knew that illegal activity involving the gun would occur.” He was by no means charged with against the law.

As for Miles and Davis, each are going through capital homicide prices over their alleged roles in Harris’ dying.