Byron Scott’s Sexual Assault Lawsuit Paused After He Files Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

Former Los Angeles Lakers guard and coach Byron Scott is accused by Hayley Dylan of sexually assaulting her in a janitor’s closet at Campbell Hall School in Studio City in 1987, when she was 15 and he was a married 26-year-old player. The civil suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, was set for a jury trial but was pushed back due to scheduling conflicts and now faces an additional delay after Scott filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the Central District of California, which automatically stayed the case.

Dylan’s attorney, Kerry Garvis Wright, says they will request the bankruptcy court lift the stay so the matter can proceed in state court; otherwise the claim may have to be pursued in bankruptcy proceedings. Campbell Hall reached a confidential settlement with Dylan last month, with the amount sealed pending the outcome of Scott’s trial. Scott’s bankruptcy paperwork lists assets under $50,000 and liabilities between $1 million and $10 million, describing the debt as “alleged tort liability.”