Ja Morant accused of threatening a 17-year-old with a gun and “punching him in the head several times”

Basketball player I Morantstar Memphis Grizzlies in the NBAhe is accused of allegedly beating a 17-year-old boy and threatening him with a gun, he says The Washington Post citing police records.

The facts go back to last summer when, in the space of four days, Morant was accused of endanger security officer at a Memphis mall during an argument and threatened a 17-year-old with a gun after a fight during a basketball game at a player’s house.

A fight in the shopping center parking lot with a security guard resulted in a complaint to the police by the alleged victim, but no arrests were made.

Four days later, Morant was charged with “to hit the head several times” minor and throw him on the ground. The police determined that the injuries were caused by the beating, it is stated The Washington Post. The boy also assured the police that, after the fight, he was Morant he came home with a “visible gun” in his pants and with his hands on the gun.

The Grizzlies player claimed that he was acting in self-defense and that the boy had voluntarily thrown the basketball at his head. He said further that the boy threatened to come home and make her “blow up like fireworks”something Morant filed a complaint about when he and his family felt threatened.

It is not the first time this year that Morant’s name appears in cases of threats and fights off the track. On February 6, it was revealed that Morant’s surroundings were under investigation by the NBA after the Indiana Pacers accused him of pointing a red laser, possibly from a weapon, at members of his coaching staff following an altercation. January 29 in Memphis.

The NBA assured through a spokesperson that its investigators have interviewed several witnesses and reviewed the images recorded by security cameras and that, despite the confirmation that there was a strong fight, they cannot yet “confirm that some people threatened others with weapons.” “

In the Jan. 29 Grizzlies-Pacers game, Morant got into an altercation with Chris Duarte in the third period and, after the game, the Grizzlies leader confronted members of the visiting team in the bus zone. Subsequently, Morant got into the car with his entourage, and the Pacers coaching staff assures that he saw a red laser aimed at them.

As stated by the portal Athletic, the Pacers’ coaching staff sensed “danger” because they were convinced it was a rifle. The pacers They took their concerns to the NBA, which opened an investigation that identified some of those responsible for the altercation, but did not confirm that there were any threats of a weapon.