Ex-Lakers star Byron Scott’s sexual assault trial nears as Campbell Hall settles with accuser
Campbell Hall, the prestigious Studio City private school where Lakers star Byron Scott allegedly sexually assaulted a 15-year-old student in 1987, has reached a confidential settlement with the woman in Los Angeles Superior Court.
The settlement amount is under seal until the conclusion of Scott’s civil trial, set to begin Sept. 8 in Van Nuys. Hayley Dylan is seeking unspecified economic and non-economic damages from Scott, who was 26 and married at the time of the encounter.
According to Dylan’s complaint, the assault occurred during the filming of an instructional basketball video by several Lakers players in the Campbell Hall gym. Scott and Dylan walked away from faculty members and the video production crew and and Scott allegedly assaulted her in a janitor’s closet.
Scott has since admitted the sexual contact, but says he did not know Dylan was a student. He asserted in court filings that he believed Dylan — whose surname was Mendell at the time — was 18 and a member of the video production crew.