Lawyer Roland Riopelle said the claim against the player was part of an extortion attempt that is being investigated by the FBI.

Citing unidentified law enforcement officials, the New York Post and other news organizations reported earlier that a woman went to police Thursday and said Porzingis raped her in his Manhattan apartment last year while he was playing for the Knicks.

NYPD officials declined to comment.

While playing for the Knicks last year, Porzingis suffered a major knee injury during a game at Madison Square Garden against the Milwaukee Bucks that the Knicks lost. He then went home and invited the woman to his luxury Manhattan apartment where she alleges she was sexually assaulted, the Post said the woman told police.

“We made a formal referral to federal law enforcement on December 20th, 2018, based on the accuser’s extortionate demands,” Riopelle said in a statement.

The attorney says the NBA was also notified.

Porzingis, a 23-year-old native of Latvia, was traded to the Mavericks in January. But he’s not expected to play with the team till next season while he recovers from the injury.

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A She Cranes player in action recently

Parliament on Tuesday this week  passed a resolution recorganising the Uganda She Cranes for winning 2017 Africa Netball Championship and urging government to construct the national netball play ground for the national netball team.
The motion recorgansing the she crane contribution was moved by the Woman MP for Masindi district, Jalia Bintu and seconded by the Oyam district MP,Santa Alum.

Bintu said that netball sports have been neglected by government yet its contribution has put the country to high heights.

In this vein the MPS through the Member of Parliament for Makindye East, Allan Sewanyana, pledged to contribute each 500,000 shillings to purchase a she crane bus to solve the problem of transport they face.

MPs blamed government for delaying to honor the monthly salary payment pledge to She cranes, following its assurance that any sportsmen who would win medals will get this payment.

She Cranes working as a team

The performance of the She-Cranes has made Uganda move to the 9th position in the world from the 13th position in netball rankings.

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Apparently the she cranes made a remarkable performance and turned out to be crowned as the unbeatable champions. The cranes that own the yard, marking their territory by securing a win at each game at Lugogo Indoor Stadium in Kampala.

She cranes raised Uganda’s flag above Zambia, Namibia, Botswana,Zimbabwe and  Malawi who is ranked 6th in the world. Currently ranked 9th in the world from the former 13th position before this tremendous performance in the netball championship.

Upon meditation of victory, the She Cranes entered the final day walking tall, after they got a boost from Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, who gave them and the U-20 netball teams a sh96 million . Its amazing how the president of Uganda applauds champions in the field of sports.

Team       P  W  D  L   PTS     GOAL AV
Uganda      5   5   0   0     10        335
Malawi      5    4   0    1    8           284
Zimbabwe 5   3   0    2    6           273
Zambia      5   2   0    3    4           266
Botswana  5   1   0    4    2
Namibia    5   0   0    5    0

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Congrats to @AussieDiamonds! 3rd Netball World Cup, beating NZ in front of a record crowd! @netballworldcup pic.twitter.com/JpDYwMFJLf

— ConsuladoEspañaMelb (@ConsuladoEspMel) August 16, 2015

The Silver Ferns had come into the final unbeaten after a shock win over Australia in the group stages, but a nine-goal deficit from the first quarter left New Zealand unable to catch the Commonwealth champions.

Australian goal attack Natalie Medhurst stressed how it was their plan to hit New Zealand hard and exert pressure from start to win the game;

“We really wanted to set it up in that first quarter and intensity was what we addressed. We really needed to hit them hard and really put that pressure on them from the start,” said Medhurst.

Australia now holds the Big Two titles, the Commonwealth Games and World Cup, concurrently, for the first time since 1998/99. Australia Coach Lisa Alexander has been reappointed for another four years after guiding the Australian diamonds to the 2015 Netball world cup trophy.

New Zealand coach Wai Taumaunu had earlier indicated that a World Cup final is totally different from a Test match because you can’t wake up the next day and play it all over again. Taumaunu though failed to guide the Silver Ferns to the victory and will have to wait for the Liverpool 2019 Netball World cup.

Meanwhile England beat Jamaica 66-44 to take bronze as they finished third in the Netball World Cup.

Wales ended the competition in seventh after winning their play-off 64-41 against Uganda to claim their best finish at a World Cup since 1991 – when it was also hosted in Sydney.

Scotland ended the tournament 12th after losing their 11th-place play-off 51-41 against Fiji.

South Africa narrowly beat Malawi 48-46 to secure fifth spot, while Trinidad and Tobago ended ninth after beating Samoa 64-51.

Meanwhile Barbados ended 13th with a 53-38 win over Zambia and Sri Lanka finished last after losing 59-32 to Singapore.

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Full Time: @NetballJamaica 59 – UGA 47. Shooting: @NetballJamaica 59/64 (92%) – UGA 47/58 (81%) #NWC2015 #JAMvUGA

— Netball World Cup (@netballworldcup) August 13, 2015

The Uganda She cranes team warming up before the game

This was a must win for the She cranes but they found Jamaica too strong to beat. The fourth world-ranked Jamaican Sunshine Girls needed the win badly after they were defeated by New Zealand, 55-48 in their first pool E game.

The She Cranes taking it right up to world number 4 @NetballJamaica #JAMvUGA #NWC2015 http://t.co/TIi9ARp2En — Netball World Cup (@netballworldcup) August 13, 2015

The Sunshine Girls put up a determined display while dismantling the Uganda she cranes in the first, third and final quarter of the game.

The pressure’s on! Turnovers in both teams’ attacking thirds #JAMvUGA #NWC2015 @NetballJamaica http://t.co/GPccldY8EM

— Netball World Cup (@netballworldcup) August 13, 2015

The sunshine Girls led the first quarter 14-11, third quarter 16-10 and 15-11in the final quarter with the Uganda she cranes bettering in just the second quarter with 16-10.

Jamaica’s goal shooter Romelda Aiken had 100% shooting accuracy with their goal attacker Shanice Beckford also being excellent while Uganda’s goal shooter Peace Proscovia and goal attacker Racheal Nanyonga could not match them.

Jamaica won the game by 12 goals enhancing their chances of qualification.

The Uganda she cranes will just play their final fixture against New Zealand with no chance of qualification to the semi-finals.

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Full Time: MAW 59 – UGA 53. Shooting: MAW 59/66 (89%) – UGA 53/57 (93%) #NWC2015 #MAWvUGA

— Netball World Cup (@netballworldcup) August 11, 2015

Congrats Malawi on another NWC2015 win! pic.twitter.com/NQa9gNwU7Z — Netball World Cup (@netballworldcup) August 11, 2015

Malawi, who are currently ranked sixth in the world put up a good show of keeping on scoring goals when they humbled the she cranes in their pool E game.

The She Cranes were expected to make amends after they recorded their first loss against Wales in Day 3 of their final group D game but the Malawi Queens were too strong to handle. Malawi Queens were dominant for most of the game leading the she cranes in three quarters. The final quarter was the highlight of the game but it was too little too late for the she cranes to get the win they badly needed. Malawi Queens depended mostly on their star shooter Mwayi Kimwenda and goal attacker Sindi Simtowe while the She cranes had Peace Proscovia leading the shooting with Rachael Nanyonga spearheading the goal attacks. It was a tight game overall but the she cranes could not contain the Malawi queens with most Ugandans still showing support for their team in the reactions below.

Malawi v Uganda – one of the loudest & surprisingly exciting matches I’ve seen so far #MAWvUGA #NWC2015 pic.twitter.com/jpmsnCQD77 — Fiona Crowe (@FiCrowey) August 11, 2015

@netballworldcup hard luck she cranes we are proud of u guyz — ahmed sulaiman (@ahmedsu48250176) August 11, 2015

@netballworldcup Too close yet too far for #SheCranes #NWC2015 #MAWvUGA — Vicent ASK (@askvicent) August 11, 2015

@netballworldcup Hard luck #SheCranes we will get them next time. Great game though. #TeamUg

— Adam Mugisha (@AdamMugisha) August 11, 2015

@netballworldcup Proud of the girls them. #QueensOfMalawi — Andreu AJ Foster (@andreu_aj) August 11, 2015

The She Cranes face Jamaica in the next qualification game on Thursday.

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she cranes player in action against wales during the final group D game at the AllPhones Arena.

The She Cranes put up an exciting performance today against Wales at the on-going Netball World cup in Australia though it was not enough to earn them a win.

The match was a highly contested one with the She cranes eventually losing out on 49-47 in the dying seconds of the game.

Both sides were undefeated from their earlier two group D games with the she cranes having collected an incredible 74-38 points in the victory against Zambia on day one and 61-40 over Fiji in the later fixture as Wales recorded victories against the same opposition.

It was a thrilling game with end to end action with Uganda recording 85% shooting success rate while wales bettered it with 88% success rate.

The She Cranes still qualifies to the last eight ahead of Fiji and Zambia who finished with two and no point after three games respectively.

Uganda will play in group E alongside New Zealand, Malawi and the runners up in group B where the winner will proceed to play the second in group F that contains Australia, England, South Africa and group D leaders, Wales.

She cranes starting lineup;

Proscovia Peace, Racheal Nanyonga, Halima Nakachwa, Ruth Meeme, Jesca Achan, Stella Oyella,

Subs; Alice Nanteza, Lilian Ajio, Betty Namukasa, Florence Nanyonga, Florence Amono, Harriet Apako

Full Time: UGA 47 – @WelshNetball 49. Shooting: UGA 47/55 (85%) – @WelshNetball 49/56 (88%) #NWC2015 #UGAvWAL

— Netball World Cup (@netballworldcup) August 10, 2015

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