Baron Davis is asking a judge to dismiss his sister’s lawsuit over a California home she says he promised would belong to her.
Lissa Davis sued in July, alleging fraud and intentional infliction of emotional distress in connection with the Northridge house. She is seeking an unspecified amount in damages.
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In court documents described by TMZ on November 14, Davis says she lived rent-free for nearly two decades.
The former point guard earned two All-Star selections during 13 seasons in the NBA. He helped Golden State’s eighth-seeded Warriors eliminate the top-seeded Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the 2007 playoffs.
Davis Challenges the Alleged Verbal Promise
Davis’s lawyers argue that the purported oral agreement cannot support Lissa’s case because California generally requires agreements transferring interests in real estate to be in writing.
Davis’s attorneys separately argue that family ties alone do not create a special legal duty to disclose information about the property.
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In its 2007 decision in Sterling v. Taylor, the California Supreme Court explained that a signed note or memorandum can satisfy the writing requirement when it establishes the agreement’s essential terms with reasonable certainty. The decision allows other evidence to explain terms already recorded in the writing.
Lissa Says She Sold Her House and Spent Her Savings
According to the complaint described in TMZ’s original July report, Lissa says she sought financial help from her brother after experiencing a life-threatening health problem following her son’s birth in 2008.
She alleges that Davis persuaded her to sell the Northridge home she already owned and offered to arrange the purchase of another property through real estate agents he knew. She says he explained that tax considerations were the reason for keeping the new home’s title in his name. Lissa and her husband moved into the replacement property and, according to her complaint, put their savings into renovations.
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In January 2026, Lissa says a third-party real estate agent told her that Baron was selling the house. She alleges that her brother had neither warned her nor consulted her beforehand. He seeks dismissal without letting her revise the complaint. A February 2027 hearing is scheduled.
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