LeBron's manager Maverick Carter sued over alleged pendant heist

CLEVELAND - Maverick Carter, the manager of LeBron James, is being sued by an Akron woman who claims Carter falsely imprisoned her and stole a piece of jewelry worth $10,000, according to Medina County court documents obtained by NewsChannel5 . 

Vaneisha Robinson, 19, filed the $50,000 lawsuit saying that Carter lured her and her mother to his house under false pretenses, and they were then surrounded by eight or nine unknown men, demanding the piece the jewelry. Carter's mother, Katherine L. Powers, is also named as a defendant.

According to the lawsuit, one of the unknown men told the women, "you aren't going anywhere," and then said "I am going to jail tonight," which they understood as a threat.

The piece of jewelry was a diamond-encrusted LeBron James pendant, which Robinson claimed she bought at a garage sale. Carter claimed that the pendant was stolen from him, and Wadsworth police determined at the time that the jewelry belonged to Carter.

At the time of the alleged incident , Robinson said that Carter's mother, Katherine L. Powers, contacted her with interest of purchasing the pendant. Powers allegedly told Robinson that "LeBron James was at her house and they wanted me to come over there. They were going to make me an offer that I couldn't refuse."

Carter lives with his mother on Caldonia Drive, in Wadsworth.

Vaneisha Robinson's mother, Bonnie Robinson, allegedly knew Powers from church, so she trusted her enough to go to the house with the pendant. But when Vaneisha and Bonnie went to the house, along with two other women, they were allegedly threatened and forced to hand over the jewelry.

Robinson said that LeBron James was not at the house at the time of the alleged incident. Instead, Robinson said that several unknown men were in the house, who surrounded her inside, and then blocked her car in the driveway.

A few minutes later, the man allegedly told Bonnie Robinson, "that's right, we got you in here, you ain't going nowhere," the lawsuit states.

Robinson eventually handed the jewelry over to Carter and his mother out of concern for their safety, the lawsuit said.

NewsChannel5 first broke the story of Robinson finding the pendant and Carter re-claiming it back in July.

Robinson is asking for the pendant back and seeking more than $50,000 in damages from Carter for being held against her will. Carter has denied all of the allegations and filed a response .