NBA star Ja Morant has been accused of both beating up a teenager and threatening a mall security guard during incidents that occurred in July 2022
culled from police interviews, including a claim that Morant threatened the teenager with a gun following the physical altercation.
A week prior to that incident, however, Memphis Police were called to a nearby mall in July 2022 after Morant and a group of nine people attempted to confront an employee at a Finish Line sporting goods store who had some sort of dispute with Morant’s mother. When Morant and his group arrived, they were interceded by mall security guards, who in turn had a “verbal confrontation” that turned physical with Morant’s group.
Two weeks later, the incident between Morant and the 17-year-old boy allegedly took place during a pickup game on a court outside Morant’s Memphis mansion. With tempers flaring between Morant and the teenager — a local high-school player — Morant threw the ball hard at the teen to “check” the ball, with the teen throwing it hard back, according to the report. However, the ball “slipped through Morant’s hands” and hit the Memphis Grizzlies star in the chin.
Morant then put his chin into the boy’s shoulder, asked a friend “Do I do it to him?” and then allegedly punched the boy in the face, forcing him to the ground. Morant and his friend then allegedly pummeled the teenager with over a dozen punches. When interviewed by police after the incident, Morant admitted, “I swung first.”
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