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Filing # 64458886 E-Filed 11/21/2017 10:24:31 AM

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT,


IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA

BRYANT KEITH COLEMAN, CASE NO. 48-2017-DR-015449-0

Petitioner, JUDGE
v.

WALTER RAY ALLEN

Respondent.
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WALTER RAY ALLEN'S EMERGENCY MOTION TO QUASH TEMPORARY


INJUNCTION AND DISMISS CASE

Walter Ray Allen (Ray Allen) files this emergency motion to quash the

temporary injunction believed to exist in this cause (but not served on Mr. Allen) and

to dismiss this action.

Ray Allen is married to Shannon Allen and is father to 5 children. Ray and

Shannon live in Coral Gables, Florida. Ray is a community leader, both here in Miami

and around the country. Ray also is a basketball legend, having recently retired from

the National Basketball Association after playing for 18 years for a number of teams,

including the Miami Heat. He is a 10-time all-star and has won two NBA

Championships.

Unfortunately, Ray is the victim of catfishing by the Petitioner in this case.

Catfishing is the online phenomenon of a person pretending to be someone they are

not. In this case, in various online forums, Petitioner Bryant Coleman pretended to

be a number of attractive women interested in Ray Allen. Ray believed he was

speaking with these women and communicated with them.

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When Ray realized he was the victim of this impersonation, he terminated these

communications. Mr. Coleman, who had become obsessed with Ray even though they

had never met in person and even though Ray wanted nothing to do with him, refused

to accept an end to their communications. Coleman continued to post about Ray using

various online accounts. Coleman did not limit these posts to Ray. He posted about

Rays wife, Rays children, Rays dog, Rays homes, Rays wifes restaurant, and

numerous other personal items. Coleman not only posted about these things, he would

actually post while physically located inside Rays wifes restaurant in Orlando. And

he would make sure they knew it, tagging Ray and his wife on those posts. Some of

these posts violated Instagrams terms of service, and Instagram took down one of

these accounts.

Subsequently, the Plaintiff threatened to publicly reveal private information

about Ray that he obtained during the period when Ray thought he was

communicating with various women. The parties entered into an agreement pursuant

to which Coleman agreed not to disclose anything about Ray and not to further

reference Ray at all in any online posts.

Coleman has not complied. Not only has he continue to harass Ray and his

family, but he filed a request for injunction with this Court making the truly

remarkable claim that Ray is stalking him when the reverse is true. The affidavit in

support of the injunction is quite a work of fiction. The allegations Coleman makes are

untrue.

Counsel understands that this Court initially refused to sign off on the request

for restraining order, but this did not deter Coleman. He filed a second ex-parte

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request for injunction the very same day (again without any support in reality), and

this time this Court issued the injunction. Although Ray has not been served with the

injunction, we have been made aware of it because Coleman has informed counsel

about it and he is posting about it from a public anonymous Instagram account that

references Ray.

Coleman is using this Court to execute his desperate scheme to be connected in

some way to Ray Allen. While making these patently false accusations in this Court,

Coleman continues to post about Ray and his family, and continues his pattern of

harassment and cyber-stalking. By way of contrast, Ray has not made any contact with

Coleman, and most assuredly is not stalking him either in person or online. Ray has

not been to Orlando (where Coleman is located) since before Colemans true identity

was discovered by Ray. Ray wants nothing to do with Coleman and merely wishes to

be left alone.

Accordingly, we file this emergency motion to quash the temporary injunction,

to dismiss the case, and to order Coleman to stop his pattern of cyber-stalking and

harassment of Ray Allen and his family.

Respectfully submitted,

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By: /s/ David Oscar Markus


DAVID OSCAR MARKUS
Florida Bar Number 119318
dmarkus@markuslaw.com

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AND

A. MARGOT MOSS
Florida Bar Number 091870
mmoss@markuslaw.com

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was e-filed this 21st day

of November, 2017, and served on all appropriate parties through that system.

/s/ David Oscar Markus


DAVID OSCAR MARKUS
Florida Bar Number 119318
dmarkus@markuslaw.com

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