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Former NBA big man Samuel Dalembert charged with beating girlfriend, her cousin

Former NBA player Samuel Dalembert was arrested Sunday in Boca Raton, Fla., and charged with striking his girlfriend and her cousin, the Palm Beach Post reported. Dalembert’s girlfriend is the mother of his 1- and 8-year-old children.

Dalembert was booked on two battery counts and left Palm Beach County Jail on Monday under supervised release, according to the report.

Police were dispatched to the scene after someone from the address dialed 911 and hung up.

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The two alleged victims at first told police nothing was wrong but later admitted that they “did not want Dalembert to know they called 911 because they were scared what he might do to them,” the police report says.