On Monday, Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. was arrested and charged with assault and strangulation after allegedly attacking his girlfriend at a New York City hotel. The victim, former WNBA player Ksyre Gondrezick, was left with a fractured neck vertebra and cut above her right eye, and prosecutors allege he didn’t stop attacking her until she ran out of the hallway covered in blood and seeking help.
It’s a horrific case of domestic violence, perpetrated by one of the league’s most mercurial players who’s been given a number of chances to redeem himself because of his immense talent.