New York Knicks forward Derrick Williams allegedly had $750,000 worth of jewelry stolen from his apartment by a pair of women he took home after meeting in a nightclub.
The 24-year-old met the women while celebrating his team’s win over the Philadelphia 76ers with friends at the Up & Down club in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District on Friday night.
They all headed to Williams’ Tribeca apartment, where they continued the party.
There, the women plundered a Louis Vuitton jewelry case in one of his closets, law enforcement sources told the New York Post.
Williams only realized what had happened when he checked on the case on Saturday afternoon – and called police.
It didn’t stop him, however, from helping his team secure victory over the Chicago Bulls at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night.
Williams, who signed an $8.8million contact with the Knicks this season, scored nine points in the game that ended 107-91.
But when asked about the theft afterwards, he told reporters: ‘I don’t want to talk about it. It’s still up in the air.’
The Post reported that police are investigating whether the incident is related a spate of thefts by young women who target wealthy men in clubs and bars.
Earlier int December, a Beverly Hills watch dealer had a timepiece worth nearly $600,000 stolen from him after he took two women he met at a strip club back to his hotel.
Steven Rostovsky, who is married, told police that he met two call girls at the Sapphire Gentlemen’s Club on the Upper East Side before taking them to his suite at the five-star Baccarat Hotel.
The Post reported the women made off with Rostovsky’s limited-edition Greubel Forsey Double Tourbillon 30° Technique watch and $6,000 in cash, which he had placed in the suite’s safe, but not locked.
Meanwhile, Williams isn’t shy about flaunting his wealth, often taking to Instagram to document his fondness for flash watches.
He recently posted a picture of a Panerai watch worth nearly $7,000, writing: ‘My new watch came in.’
In another, he wrote: ‘I love watches man. Invest and watch it multiply.’
‘All praise to the most high,’ he captioned a picture of himself wearing a large gold chain bearing the gem-encrusted head of Jesus.
