{"id":586318,"date":"2026-04-15T19:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/586318\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T19:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:48:09","slug":"woman-accusing-rams-puka-nacua-of-biting-her-withdraws-restraining-order-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/586318\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman accusing Rams\u2019 Puka Nacua of biting her withdraws restraining order request"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three weeks after a temporary restraining order request against Los Angeles Rams star Puka Nacua was denied in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the woman who accused the wide receiver of biting her withdrew the petition for the protective order without prejudice on Tuesday, according to court records.<\/p>\n

Attorney Joseph Kar, who is representing Madison Atiabi, said in a statement to The Athletic that they withdrew the petition to focus on the civil lawsuit that was filed against Nacua<\/a> on March 25. The day before the lawsuit was filed, a judge denied Atiabi\u2019s request for a protective order against Nacua because the court needed more information \u201cat a properly noticed hearing\u201d before issuing any order. That hearing was Tuesday, when Kar made an oral request to dismiss the matter without prejudice and Judge Debra R. Archuleta granted it, according to court records.<\/p>\n

\u201cA voluntary withdrawal allows for the merits of the civil matter to be thoroughly investigated and tried to a jury,\u201d Kar said in a statement. \u201cCivil harassment petitions are not normally ever tried before any jury while the civil lawsuit will be proceeding on all counts to a jury.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the lawsuit, Atiabi, who is Jewish, alleges that Nacua shouted \u201cF\u2014 all the Jews\u201d during a group dinner in Los Angeles and later bit her on the shoulder and her female friend\u2019s thumb on New Year\u2019s Eve without their consent and without provocation. On Jan. 2, the Los Angeles Police Department opened a criminal battery investigation, Kar said.<\/p>\n

Levi McCathern, Nacua\u2019s attorney, again denied that his client made antisemitic remarks that night and said the petition filed against Nacua was \u201centirely baseless.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe filing was nothing more than a spectacle,\u201d McCathern said in a news release Wednesday. \u201cIt was all for show. Quite simply, these claims are untrue and had no merit whatsoever, and the Court\u2019s dismissal makes that clear. Those accusations are quite simply untrue. We have witnesses and evidence that completely discredit those claims, and both Ms. Atiabi and her attorney know that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Ms. Atiabi intends to pursue the civil case, we welcome that process and will challenge her allegations head-on,\u201d McCathern added. \u201cWe are also preparing to pursue a defamation claim, because this was nothing more than a calculated money grab built on false and damaging statements.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before the lawsuit was filed, Nacua checked into a private facility<\/a> on his own \u201cto focus on his health, personal growth and overall development,\u201d McCathern told The Athletic\u00a0earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Kar said he noted in Tuesday\u2019s hearing that Nacua was in drug and alcohol rehabilitation.<\/p>\n

Atiabi is seeking monetary damages. A court hearing is scheduled for Aug. 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three weeks after a temporary restraining order request against Los Angeles Rams star Puka Nacua was denied in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,1820,398,396,397,349,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-586318","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-los-angeles-rams","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-football","12":"tag-ncaafootball","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}