Richard Jefferson Calls Off Wedding to Kesha Ni’Cole Nichols

Richard Jefferson and Kesha Ni’Cole Nichols

NBA player Richard Jefferson called off his wedding to dancer Kesha Ni’Cole Nichols, but apparently forgot to inform some of the guests.

Jefferson — former New Jersey Net star who was traded to the San Antonio Spurs in June — dumped Nichols days before they were to exchange wedding vows - a $2 million affair at the Mandarin Oriental in Columbus Circle.

Nichols, artistic director for the Sugar and Spice Dance Company, immediately informed her family and friends that the nuptials were off.

Jefferson, however, called people about two hours before the wedding ceremony was scheduled. Some of his friends had already shown up at the Mandarin Oriental.

Jefferson didn’t show up at the hotel, but he did give his best friend his American Express card for the night, which his friends used to party on his dime. “All his boys were there,” a friend said.

Nichols also showed up at the hotel, checking in on what was to have been her wedding day, and was upgraded to a suite on the 45th floor with a view of Central Park.

According to a family friend, Nichols was stunned, but “not entirely caught off-guard.”

“She just wants to keep this as quiet as possible and move on. She’s doing just fine.”