The girlfriend of Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. was left with a broken bone in her neck after the NBA player allegedly beat and strangled her relentlessly at his Big Apple hotel, prosecutors said Tuesday. while he was released on $75,000 bail.
Porter, 23, is accused of repeatedly punching his 26-year-old girlfriend, Kysre Gondrezick, in the face and strangling her until she could not breathe inside their room at the four-star Millennium Hilton New York hotel in Midtown early in the morning. of Monday. according to criminal complaint.
The savage beating allegedly only stopped when Gondrezick, a former WNBA player, fled the room and was found bloodied and bruised by hotel employees in the hallway, prosecutors said during Porter’s arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court. .
The professional player, whose full name is Bryan Kevin Porter Jr., was arrested around 6:30 a.m. Monday and charged with assault and strangulation after police received a 911 call about the alleged attack.
His girlfriend told officers that Porter had punched her with a closed fist several times, leaving her with an inch-long cut over her right eye, prosecutors said.
Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. was released Tuesday on $75,000 bail following his appearance in Manhattan Criminal Court. Steven Hirsch
Kevin Porter leaves the courthouse on Tuesday. Steven Hirsch
Porter, 23, is accused of repeatedly punching his 26-year-old girlfriend, Kysre Gondrezick, in the face and strangling her in their Big Apple hotel room, police said. Getty Images for Vogue
The player then allegedly squeezed Gondrezick’s neck “forcefully” with his hands, “causing him to have difficulty breathing, redness and bruising to his neck, and substantial pain,” according to the complaint.
After being taken to New York University Langone Medical Center, doctors confirmed that Gondrezick, who previously played for Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky, had suffered a fractured vertebra in her neck, according to the document.
Prosecutors with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office had requested that Porter’s bail be set at $100,000 during his arraignment, citing a history of alleged abuse against his girlfriend, including an incident in which he crashed his car into hers. .
Deputy District Attorney Mirah Curzer also told the court that Porter, who lives in Houston, Texas, is known to have access to multiple firearms and was arrested out of state in 2020 on weapons charges, which were later dropped.
However, Judge Michael Ryan set the NBA star’s bail at $75,000 and granted a full temporary restraining order against him.
Porter, who signed a $63.4 million contract with the Rockets in 2022, was silent as he left the courthouse and entered a waiting car after his arraignment.
He is due back in court on October 16.
His defense attorney, Stephanie Kelemen of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, did not respond to a request for comment.
Law enforcement sources have said the alleged assault on Gondrezick took place after the couple went out Sunday night and then returned to the hotel.
Porter was silent as he left the courthouse after his arraignment. Steven Hirsch
Porter is due back in court on October 16. Steven Hirsch
Gondrezick was asleep when her professional boyfriend allegedly began hitting her, sources added.
“We are aware of the reports regarding Kevin Porter Jr.,” an NBA spokesperson told The Post following his arrest. “The league office is in contact with the Houston Rockets and in the process of gathering more information.”
Meanwhile, Gondrezick’s sister reportedly took to her Instagram Stories to warn Porter to “tell [his] days” after he was charged, according to Clutch Points.
“@kevinporterjr if you think you went to touch my sister and they didn’t touch you,” Kalabrya Haskins wrote in an overdue post. “Count your damn days. I better hope and pray that I can walk again and much less dribble.
“You may have gotten away with it in the past because your mom hasn’t hit you, but we whip little punks painting sissy nails like you every day. Don’t show up at that crib. We are going to do it for you. “Little bitch.”
The professional player signed a $63.4 million contract with the Rockets in 2022.Getty Images
Porter has a history of outbursts and was traded from Cleveland to Houston in January 2021 after getting into a shouting match and throwing food when his locker was moved to a wall with younger players, The Athletic reported at the time.
He was also charged with improper handling of a firearm in a vehicle in Cleveland in November 2020, although the case was dropped a month later.
In January 2022, he had to be separated from then-Houston assistant coach John Lucas during a halftime exchange in which Porter lost his temper and threw an object, The Athletic reported.
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