Former NBA star Amar’e Stoudemire was arrested Saturday on home violence expenses after he allegedly punched one in every of his teenage daughters within the jaw throughout an argument, in accordance with a report by CBS Miami. Stoudemire, the 2003 NBA Rookie of the Yr whose profession included prolonged stops with the Phoenix Suns and New York Knicks, faces a misdemeanor battery cost.
In line with a police report, the dispute started when the sufferer’s grandmother known as for her and Stoudemire didn’t like the best way through which she spoke to her grandmother. The daddy and daughter then started arguing over whether or not she had an “perspective” earlier than Stoudemire allegedly punched her on the appropriate facet of her face when she started “speaking again once more.” Stoudemire then allegedly slapped his daughter within the face after which once more on the left facet of her physique.
Investigators reported that the lady’s mom, Stoudemire’s ex-wife, confirmed them photographs of her daughter crying with blood working down her face. Stoudemire advised police that her daughter was upset as a result of “she acquired a whooping from him for being disrespectful and liar.”
A police report didn’t point out which of Stoudemire’s two daughters had been concerned within the altercation. The six-time NBA All-Star has two daughters, ages 17 and 14.
Stoudemire performed skilled basketball from 2002 till 2020, along with his crowning achievement coming in 2004 when he earned a bronze medal within the 2004 Athens Olympics as a member of america males’s basketball workforce. Along with the Suns and the Knicks, Stoudemire additionally performed for the Dallas Mavericks and Miami Warmth earlier than ending his taking part in profession in worldwide leagues.
Stoudemire was later launched from jail on a $1,500 bond.
