Kevin Porter Jr. is likely to not only lose his career, but also his freedom.
Porter was arrested on Monday after it was reported that following an argument, he beat up his girlfriend, former WNBA lottery pick Kysre Gondrezick, in the Times Square hotel room. Gondrezick is now apparently pressing domestic violence charges for the incident, alleging Porter is guilty of an assortment of crimes that include assault and strangulation.
More news has since come out that shows she suffered a fractured neck vertebrae.
Kysre Gondrezick has a fractured neck vertebrae, per @ESPN_WomenHoop
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The Houston Rockets guard was released on $75,000 cash bail. The judge imposed a temporary order of protection.
The 23-year-old is charged with assault and strangulation. According to the criminal complaint, the 26-year-old girlfriend told police Porter struck her “repeatedly about the face with a closed fist, causing a laceration above her right eye and bruising and substantial pain to her face.”
The woman said Porter applied “pressure to her neck by forcefully squeezing it, causing her to experience difficulty breathing, redness and bruising to her neck, and substantial pain,” the complaint said.
Porter was a first-round pick in the 2019 NBA Draft and played one season for the Cleveland Cavaliers before being traded to the Rockets in January 2021.
The Rockets and the NBA both released brief statements regarding the situation with Porter.
“We are in the process of gathering information surrounding the matter involving Kevin Porter Jr.,” the Rockets said in a statement. “We have no further comment at this time.”
Porter has averaged 15.3 points, 5.0 assists, and 4.3 rebounds in 196 career games. He signed a four-year extension last October that is worth up to $82.5 million.
Chennedy Carter’s Teammate Reveals Disturbing Comments Made By Angry Fan To Chicago Sky Players During Hotel Confrontation After Release Of Edited Video
Chennedy Carter (Photo via @StrollerAdam Twitter)
As previously noted, Chennedy Carter and her Chicago Sky teammates were harassed by a male fan on Wednesday as they arrived at their hotel in Washington, D.C.
A video made its way around the internet of a man going up to Chennedy Carter and asking her if she’s had the opportunity to talk to Caitlin Clark. A member of Chicago’s security team steps in and tries to stop the fan from talking to Carter in the 19-second video:
But according to Carter’s teammate, Michaela Onyenwere, the video “was edited” and contained far more disturbing comments from the man. Onyenwere says the man called them “ghetto (expletive)” and stated that “women’s sports isn’t (expletive).”
Sky GM Jeff Pagliocca told Annie Costabile of the Chicago Sun-Times that the man approached the team with a camera and was solely looking for Carter. Team security diffused the situation and got the man to leave so the police did not have to be called.
