Ex-NBA Star Amar'e Stoudemire Arrested On Battery Charge After Allegedly Assaulting Teen Daughter

19.12.2022 - 21:23 / perezhilton.com

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Former NBA star Amar’e Stoudemire has been arrested and charged with battery in connection with an alleged domestic violence incident at his Miami-area condo.

The former pro athlete, who starred for the Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks, and Miami Heat during his long pro basketball career, was arrested on Saturday night. According to CBS News, the 40-year-old was detained by police at his condominium in the Brickell neighborhood of the south Florida city.

There, he was accused of punching and slapping one of his teenage daughters and “leaving her bloody,” according to the media outlet. Stoudemire has two daughters who are 17 and 14 years old; it is unclear which girl was allegedly involved in this shocking incident.

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Per the news outlet, cops were called to the scene around 10:00 p.m. local time on Saturday night. The dispute reportedly began after the girl’s grandmother called for her. Stoudemire allegedly “did not like the way she spoke to the woman,” and some type of altercation ensued. The arresting report states the former basketball star and his daughter had a disagreement over her “attitude,” which then escalated.

At some point, according to the arrest affidavit, Stoudemire said the girl was “talking back again.” So, he allegedly punched her “on the right side of her face” before “repeatedly slapping her, first in the face and then on the left side of her body.”

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The girl then called her mother — Stoudemire’s ex-wife — to come pick her up. When the mother got there, the girl reportedly shared pictures of the incident with her, which she later showed to police. In