Ex-Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. has reached a plea deal in his home violence case.
On Tuesday, it was reported that Porter Jr. pleaded responsible to reckless assault within the third diploma and harassment within the second diploma. It is a sharp distinction from his earlier not-guilty plea to 2 felony assault expenses in September 2023 for allegedly assaulting his ex-girlfriend and WNBA participant, Kysre Gondrezick. He beforehand shot down an earlier plea deal as properly.
Phillip Jobe and Stephanie Kelemen, attorneys representing Porter stated in a press release, “The decision will permit Mr. Porter to place this incident, which concerned false felony allegations and false information, behind him with no prison document and transfer ahead.”
The incident, which occurred at a Manhattan resort, left Gondrezick with bruising and a laceration above her proper eye. She’d additionally accused Porter Jr. of choking her, which additional brought about problem respiratory, redness, bruising, and substantial ache. She was taken to the hospital after escaping the resort room. Gondrezick was reported to have suffered a fractured vertebra through the assault. Nevertheless, in October 2023, Manhattan Assistant District Legal professional Mirah Curzer dominated that the fracture was not the results of the assault and was as a substitute a start defect. This led to Porter Jr. being cleared of the second-degree assault cost, although he nonetheless confronted others stemming from the incident.
It doesn’t seem that Porter Jr. will serve any jail time associated to the fees. As a substitute, he has been ordered to finish an alternate program, and after a 12 months, Porter Jr. shall be allowed to withdraw the plea to assault so long as he fulfills the situations of his deal. Porter Jr. is due again in courtroom in November, the place he should nonetheless face expenses associated to the strangulation.
Upon profitable completion of this system after a 12 months, Porter Jr. shall be allowed to withdraw the plea to assault, in response to his legal professionals. https://t.co/vLXdhT0MrY
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 23, 2024
