The mother of New Orleans Pelican Zion Williamson’s child was arrested in a home invasion case involving an unidentified woman who she may have viewed as her romantic rival.
Ahkeema Love, 31, was arrested Sunday and charged with home invasion, aggravated battery and stalking, according to a probable cause affidavit from the Kenner Police Department. Love allegedly shares a romantic partner with the woman described as the victim of the home invasion on Sunday, according to police.
According to the affidavit, Love egged the woman’s home on March 17 before messaging her on Instagram saying, “don’t worry its going to be your head next when I drop this baby, count your days,” the affidavit said.
Love delivered a child “shared by their romantic partner,” the affidavit said.
On Sunday, Love had the keys to the woman’s residence and “grabbed the victim’s hair and struck the victim with keys clenched in her fist, the affidavit said.
The woman sustained lacerations above her eyes, a raised lump on her face and scratches to her arms and face, and had four fingernails torn from her hands, according to officials.
Love was arrested at an address that appears to be Zion Williamson’s home based on public records.
An attorney for Love declined to comment.
Williamson also declined to comment Wednesday.
Court records show Love had a bond hearing on Tuesday and has been released from custody.
An order of protection was issued in the case and served to Love as part of her release, according to the court record.
Williamson, a forward who was drafted to the Pelicans in 2019, was not named in the affidavit.
He and Love have a daughter, who was born in 2023.
In March, Love shared on her social media that she was pregnant and celebrating “another addition to our family.” She did not name the child’s father in that post.
Williamson was in a series of photos Love posted in August, and she also posted a photo of herself on the Pelicans court in November.
The Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s office said it does not comment on open cases in a request for more information from NBC News.