D.C.-based CPA claims responsibility for benefits Michael Beasley received

“I’ve helped tons of kids, many of which never played college [basketball] or anything beyond high school, that I met through the D.C. Assault program,” Holloway said. “It was a give-back for me.”

Beasley’s third-party claim against Malone claims that from 2003 to 2008, Smith “received money from Malone, Bell and a man introduced to Ms. Smith by Malone in concert with Bell.”

Bill Heyman, Malone’s attorney, responded, “Greg Holloway is a basketball fan and is a supporter of D.C. Assault, so that they [Smith and Holloway] may have met at a game or practice or something like that. You’d have to ask them. But Curtis does not deny that they were in the same place together or that he knew that Fatima and Greg were friends. But Curtis did not set up or arrange a meeting between them for any purpose at all, like it is alleged in the third-party complaint. Absolutely not.”

Beasley’s third-party claim also alleges that “Malone told Ms. Smith that the man was someone who was important to him and his basketball program, and that the more she allowed this man to do things for her, the better it was for D.C. Assault.”

Said Bill Heyman: “Curtis had no idea that any alleged payments were made by Holloway before they were made and had nothing at all to do with arranging for any payments. If any of those payments were made, it was done after Beasley was out of D.C. Assault, when Beasley was in college, according to Beasley’s own allegations.”

 Holloway said that sometime after his respective introductions to them, Smith and Beasley began approaching him to ask for financial assistance for various things. Holloway would not disclose other items he purchased or helped pay for on behalf of Smith or Beasley.

 “At that point, Beasley was like a son to me,” Holloway said. “In retrospect, I wish I hadn’t done anything. At that point, I had known him for a few years. Would have done it even if he wasn’t a basketball player at Kansas State. I’m not impressed with celebrity. Michael to me was just another kid that was from another relatively poor family. I had the capacity to help, and I kind of adopted him like I do a lot of those kids, as a son.”

Beasley’s lawsuit claims that in January 2008, Holloway telephoned Smith and told her that he wanted to be Beasley’s financial adviser.

Smith called Malone and informed him about the conversation. Malone said “something dismissive about (Holloway) and told Ms. Smith to be at ease,” the suit says.

Holloway denied ever telephoning Smith to request to be Beasley’s financial adviser.