WNBA player 'willing to testify' against ex-boyfriend James Pearce Jr after alleged domestic dispute

Rickea Jackson, the WNBA subordinate listed arsenic the alleged unfortunate of a home unit incidental involving Atlanta Falcons subordinate James Pearce Jr., said she is "willing to testify" if request be.

Pearce, a rising prima who astir won the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award, was arrested adjacent Miami connected Saturday aft allegedly fleeing officers and crashing his car pursuing what constabulary said was a home quality with Jackson.

Jackson's attorneys requested the tribunal to reason the lawsuit "as soon arsenic practicable and bring justness to her and the radical of the State of Florida" by utilizing "all imaginable resources and personnel," documents said, via ESPN.

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Rickea Jackson said she is "willing to testify" against James Pearce Jr. pursuing an alleged home quality recently. (Andrew J. Clark, Perry Knotts/Getty Images)

"The unfortunate is pleading with the Court and the State to reason this substance promptly without hindering the efficacy of the prosecution's case," the attorneys wrote.

Pearce is facing respective felony charges, including 2 counts of aggravated artillery with a deadly weapon, aggravated stalking, and fleeing oregon eluding police.

Pearce allegedly crashed his conveyance into different car being driven by his woman and struck a constabulary serviceman portion helium tried to fly instrumentality enforcement, ESPN reported, citing a transgression ailment from the Miami-Dade County authorities attorney’s office.

The alleged unfortunate told constabulary that she noticed Pearce was pursuing her successful a achromatic luxury conveyance and erstwhile she stopped astatine a reddish light, the NFL subordinate tried to unfastened her vehicle. The unfortunate said she started to thrust toward the Doral Police Department, portion Pearce allegedly followed her. As she got person to the station, she said Pearce chopped her disconnected and collided with her caput on.

Atlanta Falcons linebacker James Pearce Jr. (27) is interviewed aft an NFL shot crippled against the New Orleans Saints, connected Jan. 4, 2026, successful Atlanta.  (AP Photo/Danny Karnik, File)

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Doral constabulary officers responded to the scene, according to ESPN. An serviceman reportedly pulled a weapon connected Pearce to effort to unit him to get connected the crushed and extremity the incident, but helium allegedly got backmost into his car and drove away. He allegedly struck an serviceman arsenic helium drove away.

Pearce aboriginal crashed his conveyance and was accused of resisting arrest.

Pearce's attorneys accidental the Defensive Rookie of the Year campaigner "maintains his innocence and urges the nationalist to recognize that portion allegations person the powerfulness to signifier a narrative, that it is hardly the full, implicit story."

Atlanta Falcons linebacker James Pearce Jr. (27) warms up anterior to the crippled against the New England Patriots astatine Gillette Stadium connected Nov. 2, 2025. (Brian Fluharty/Imagn Images)

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"We look guardant to vigorously defending our lawsuit and stay assured that helium volition proceed contributing positively to some his squad and the assemblage helium serves truthful well," the attorneys added.

Pearce posted $20,000 bail. He finished 3rd successful NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year voting and was astatine the NFL Honors connected Thursday nighttime successful California.

Jackson, a subordinate of the Los Angeles Sparks, finished ninth successful MVP voting this past play aft averaging 14.7 points, a caller career-high.

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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