The NBA is reopening an investigation into a 2021 incident involving Los Angeles Lakers center Jaxson Hayes after TMZ posted a video Saturday of the altercation between him and his then-girlfriend.
"As a result of the media report and video posted this morning, we are reopening our investigation," NBA spokesman Mike Bass told ESPN in a statement.
TMZ posted 5½ minutes of security camera footage from the 2021 incident showing Hayes -- then a member of the New Orleans Pelicans -- arguing with Sofia Jamora, his then-girlfriend. The video shows Hayes appearing to pull Jamora out of a doorway while she can be heard saying, "Stop.