MIAMI — Amar’e Stoudemire, the previous NBA star who played for the Miami Heat and New York Knicks, was arrested Saturday at his Brickell condo following he was accused of punching and slapping a single of his teenager daughters and leaving her bloody, according to a law enforcement report.
Stoudemire, 40, was billed with battery in link with the domestic violence incident and taken to the town jail before remaining unveiled on a $1,500 bond, the law enforcement report claims. It was not immediately crystal clear if a court date has been set nonetheless in the situation.
Investigators claimed they noticed shots from the girl’s mom — Stoudemire’s ex-spouse — that showed the baby crying and bloody.
“I observed blood stains on the victim’s sweater and sweatpants,” an arresting officer wrote in the report. “The mom of the sufferer showed me the photograph she been given from her daughter, which shows the target crying and blood functioning down her deal with.”
The 6-foot-10 player who weighs around 250 kilos, still left the NBA when he stopped participating in for the Miami Warmth in 2016.
He has two daughters, a 17 yr aged and 14 a long time aged.
The police report does not point out which of the women was involved in the altercation.
In accordance to the police report, officers ended up named to the players residence in the 900 block of Brickell Important Blvd., around 10 p.m.
The dispute evidently started when the girl’s grandmother named for her and Stoudemire did not like the way he spoke to the girl, the law enforcement report says.
Father and daughter then had a disagreement about regardless of whether the younger girl experienced an “mind-set,” in accordance to the report.
The verbal dispute seemingly escalated when the athlete reported the woman was “talking back again once more” in advance of punching her on the suitable facet of her experience and frequently slapping her, initial in the experience and then on the left side of her human body, according to the police report..
The lady termed her mother and requested her to arrive choose her up mainly because she was sad in excess of the incident.
Stoudemire explained to police that his daughter was unfortunate “for the reason that she acquired a whooping from him for remaining disrespectful and a lair.”
The player refused to elaborate additional on the incident and asked for a law firm.
Stoudemire could not promptly be arrived at for comment Sunday.
The participant started his NBA career in 2002 immediately after becoming drafted from Cypress Creek Significant School in Orlando.
He signed with the Knicks in 2010 as a free of charge agent in advance of heading to the Dallas Mavericks.
He still left the NBA soon after participating in for the Miami-Warmth.
