Hornets’ Miles Bridges Served With Arrest Warrant For Domestic Violence Case

Miles Bridges of the Charlotte Hornets is himself in yet another issue, this time facing an arrest warrant and a police summons for allegedly breaking a protection order. Bridges reportedly violated a protection order by smashing his longterm girlfriend’s vehicle windshield and threatening her at home, according to local Charlotte media.

Hornets’ Miles Bridges Served With Arrest Warrant For Domestic Violence Case

The Charlotte Observer’s Roderick Boone and Evan Moore, as well as ESPN’s Baxter Holmes, got copies of the criminal summons issued to Hornets forward Miles Bridges on Wednesday. Both sites have also secured copies of the summons’ supporting police report.

The summons is for breaking a domestic violence protective order, criminal child abuse, and harm to personal property, as Holmes previously said. While the incident was initially believed to have occurred a couple of days ago, it actually occurred on October 6 but wasn’t fully reported until Tuesday.

Bridges is also charged with child abuse and personal property damage after reportedly threatening his ex and damaging her car while their children were in the car. Bridges is accused of hurling pool balls at the automobile, shattering the windshield and denting the windows. His current girlfriend is accused of kicking the automobile.

Bridges is also accused of informing his ex that if she reported the event to the police, he would withhold child support payments.

According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg authorities, through Queen City News, the alleged victim reported the incident to authorities on Tuesday, stating that it occurred the previous Friday, Oct. 6. He is set to appear in court on November 13 at 9 a.m. ET.

According to Boone and Moore, Bridges still has an outstanding arrest warrant for allegedly breaching the protection order after a prior incident at the victim’s apartment on Jan. 2. Because the warrant has not yet been served, a public copy is not currently accessible.

On Wednesday night, a Hornets spokeswoman issued a brief comment to the media, stating, “We are aware of the reports and are in the process of gathering more information,” according to ESPN.

Bridges’ domestic violence case from last year is the basis for the warrant and summons.

Following an NBA investigation into the initial domestic violence incident, Bridges is unable to partake in preseason games and is suspended for the first ten games of the 2023-24 season. He missed the whole 2018 season as his legal matter was being resolved, finally signing his one-year, $7.92 million qualifying offer as a restricted free agent in July.

 

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