Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr.’s alleged assault on his girlfriend at a New York City resort left the girl with a fractured neck vertebrae and a minimize above her proper eye, prosecutors revealed at his arraignment Tuesday.
Porter, 23, is charged with felony assault and strangulation in reference to the incident Monday on the Millennium Hilton close to the United Nations in Manhattan. He was not required to enter a plea throughout his transient court docket look.
Porter, who had been in police custody since his arrest round 6:45 a.m. Monday, was ordered to put up $75,000 money or get hold of a $100,000 bond to safe his launch. He was additionally ordered to keep away from his girlfriend, former WNBA participant Kysre Gondrezick.
Porter is due again in court docket in Manhattan on Oct. 16. The Rockets are scheduled to play a preseason recreation that day in San Antonio, with their common season tipping off about two weeks later.
A message searching for remark was left with Porter’s lawyer.
According to a felony criticism, Gondrezick instructed police that he punched her repeatedly within the face with a closed fist, slicing her above the proper eye and inflicting bruising and substantial ache to her face.
Gondrezick mentioned the NBA star additionally forcefully squeezed her neck together with his palms, inflicting her problem respiratory, redness and bruising to her neck.
Hospital testing confirmed that the girl, 26, sustained a fractured vertebrae in her neck, the felony criticism mentioned.
In an announcement Monday, the Rockets mentioned: “We are in the process of gathering information surrounding the matter involving Kevin Porter Jr. We have no further comment at this time.”
Porter has performed 4 seasons within the NBA — a tenure marked by on-court prowess and off-court issues.
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Last 12 months, Porter averaged 19.2 factors, 5.3 rebounds and 5.7 assists per recreation, incomes a profitable four-year extension with Houston, the place he’d landed after sporting out his welcome in Cleveland.
In November 2020, whereas taking part in for the Cavaliers, Porter was arrested after police mentioned they discovered a loaded handgun and marijuana in his automotive after a single-vehicle crash. Porter claimed he didn’t know the gun was there, and his fees had been finally dismissed.
Porter, a 2019 first-round draft decide from USC, was traded from Cleveland to Houston a number of months later after he reportedly blew up on the Cavaliers’ basic supervisor after discovering out that his locker had been moved to make room for a newly acquired participant.
In April 2021, the NBA fined Porter $50,000 for violating the league’s COVID-19 well being and security guidelines by visiting a Miami strip membership. In January 2022, the Rockets suspended Porter for a recreation after then-coach Stephen Silas mentioned the participant had a “spirited debate” and “lost his temper” at halftime.
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Associated Press reporter Kristie Rieken in Houston contributed to this report.
