California authorities introduced that NBA participant Miles Bridges is dealing with felony prices of home violence and youngster abuse stemming from an incident involving his spouse final month.
The Los Angeles County District Lawyer’s workplace stated on Tuesday that Bridges, 24, is dealing with a felony depend of injuring a toddler’s father or mother and two felony counts of kid abuse underneath circumstances or situations prone to trigger nice bodily damage or dying.
“Home violence creates bodily, psychological and emotional trauma that has a long-lasting impression on survivors,” L.A. County District Lawyer George Gascón (D) stated in a press release, including that youngsters who witness home violence inside their household “are particularly weak and the impression on them is immeasurable.”
“Mr. Bridges can be held accountable for his actions and our Bureau of Sufferer Companies will help the survivors via this troublesome course of,” Gascón concluded.
Bridges, a 2018 NBA draft decide, was arrested final month on allegations of assaulting his spouse at a Los Angeles residence, Kansas affiliate KSNT reported.
In a now-deleted Instagram publish, Bridges’s spouse, Mychelle Johnson, shared images of the accidents she sustained within the assault, which included a concussion, a number of bruises and a strained neck muscle, North Carolina affiliate WNCN reported.
“I hate that it has come to this however I can’t be silent anymore,” Johnson stated within the Instagram publish. “I’ve allowed somebody to destroy my house, abuse me in each means attainable and traumatize our children for all times.”
The previous Michigan State College standout spent the final 4 seasons with the Charlotte Hornets, posting profession highs in factors, rebounds and assists in 80 video games final season for the NBA franchise.
Bridges, who additionally lately launched a rap profession, is at present a restricted free agent and was anticipated to obtain a max contract from bidding groups throughout the league’s free company interval.
The NBA participant is anticipated to be arraigned in a Los Angeles County Superior Court docket on Wednesday because the case stays underneath investigation by the Los Angeles Police Division.
