New York Knicks Center Eddy Curry Faces Sexual Harrassment Charges

January 13, 2009 3:38 p.m. EST

New York, NY (AHN) - New York Knicks center Eddy Curry was hit with a shocking sexual-harassment suit yesterday by his former driver, who claims the 6-foot-11 basketball star made him "perform humiliating tasks outside the scope of his employment and tried to solicit gay sex from him."

It is alleged that the 26-year-old Curry would approach his driver, 36-year-old David Kuchinsky while "in the nude," saying, "Look at me, Dave, look" and, "Come and touch it, Dave."

Kuchinsky,who is Jewish, also alleges his employer hurled racial slurs at him including, "f---ing Jew," "cracker," "white slave," "white devil" and "grandmaster of the KKK."

Curry, who used to play on the Chicago Bulls, vehemently denies the charges, saying he was shocked by the allegations.

"It's false, and everyone who knows me knows I'm not a racist," Curry said after a game in New Orleans. "I've never made a comment like that, playing, or nothing. . . . That's incredible, man."

Kuchinsky, who worked for Curry from October 2005 through October 2008, says he was hired as a 24/7 limo driver for the hoop star and his family, and lived in the basement of their Chicago mansion. But shortly after starting work, he slowly became Curry's "house-boy," his suit says.

Kuchinsky is seeking $98,000 plus compensatory damages from the Knicks, whose contract pays Curry $9.4 million this year.