Ja Morant.Photo: Dylan Buell/Getty
The 23-year-old athlete allegedly assaulted a mall security guard and a 17-year-old boy, on separate occasions, the outlet reported. Ja’s agent has disputed details of the allegations as reported in thePost.
Both incidents reportedly occurred last summer in Memphis. The head of security at the Memphis mall where one incident allegedly occurred told law enforcement that Morant made threats toward him, and a member of his entourage “shoved” the guard “in the head” during a squabble in the parking lot.
No arrests were made as a result of the mall incident, but Morant, who was selected as a starter for the NBA All-Star Game in February, was involved in another incident just four days later, thePostreported.
In the second reported incident, Morant was accused of “repeatedly” punching a teenager in the head during a pickup basketball game at Morant’s home in Memphis. The victim reportedly told police that the Grizzlies star and an unidentified friend assaulted the boy, knocking him to the ground.
The teenager also claimed that Morant went inside his home after the fight and reemerged with a gun visible from his waistband, according to thePost.
Ja’s agent, Jim Tanner, disputed the report in a statement to PEOPLE. “Any and every allegation involving a firearm has been fully investigated and could not be corroborated,” he said. “This includes the NBA investigation last month, in which they found no evidence.”
Law enforcement did not ask Morant about the gun, but the athlete told police that his actions were in self-defense after the boy had thrown a ball at his head before any altercation had begun.
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Morant further alleged to detectives that the boy made threats against him, yelling, “I’m gonna come back and light this place up like fireworks,” as he left Morant’s property, per thePost.Subsequently, Morant filed a police report stemming from the threats made against himself and his family, according to the report.
The NBA All-Star was recently involved in anotherlegal investigation after a February gameagainst the Indiana Pacers.
According to areport from The Athletic’s Sam Amick and Bob Kravitzon Feb. 5, “Acquaintances of Grizzlies star Ja Morant aggressively confronted members of the Pacers traveling party near the team’s bus in the loading area of FedExForum, and later someone in a slow-moving SUV — which Morant was riding in — trained a red laser on them.”
The involved members of Indiana’s organization told the outlet, “We felt we were in grave danger.” Additionally, a member of the Pacers' security team who was present during the alleged incident said, “That’s one hundred percent a gun,” at the time, per The Athletic’s report.
source: people.com
