The NBA is reopening a home violence investigation into Los Angeles Lakers heart Jaxson Hayes after new video emerged of a 2021 incident along with his then-girlfriend, Sofia Jamora, league spokesman Mike Bass confirmed to ESPN on Saturday.
On Saturday TMZ revealed beforehand unreleased footage from a safety digital camera that captured parts of the dispute between Hayes, who then performed for the New Orleans Pelicans, and Jamora.
At one level, the video exhibits Hayes showing to tug Jamora out of 1 room and into one other, and she or he could be heard saying, “Cease. Let go of me.” Hayes then replied, “What the f— is unsuitable with you?”
A short while later, after Hayes’ cousin, who was additionally on the scene, didn’t calm him down, Hayes and Jamora continued to argue exterior on the driveway.
“I am not going to allow you to hit me anymore,” Jamora mentioned. “What the f— do I appear like, a punching bag?”
Hayes then turned to go inside and pushed Jamora away earlier than spitting in her course. Again in the home, Hayes broke objects and flipped furnishings.
The police finally responded to the scene and Hayes was arrested and tased. He initially confronted 12 prices, however ended up pleading no contest to resisting arrest and false imprisonment and was sentenced to 3 years of probation, 450 hours of group service and a 12 months of weekly home violence lessons. Moreover, he was ordered to pay restitution.
The NBA didn’t self-discipline Hayes after its preliminary investigation into the disturbance.
A spokesman for Hayes instructed ESPN that “there has already been an in depth investigation that we cooperated with the league on, and as that investigation reopens, we’ll proceed to take action.”
The discharge of this new video is in relation to a brand new lawsuit filed earlier this week by Jamora’s attorneys that alleges one of many officers concerned within the arrest had “beforehand met with Hayes’s attorneys and was compensated monetarily by Hayes for unknown causes.”
Hayes is now in his sixth NBA season, second with the Lakers, and is averaging 5.0 factors and 4.2 rebounds per sport.
