Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. was arrested Monday on suspicion of assaulting a 26-year-old woman in New York, according to the New York City Police Department. The woman is apparently Porter’s girlfriend and Porter allegedly “assaulted her, struck her multiple times and choked her,” an NYPD spokesperson told CNN. Porter, 23, was taken into custody on the scene and the woman was taken to a hospital, according to the spokesperson. In a statement to CNN, NBA spokesperson Mike Bass said, “We are aware of the reports regarding Kevin Porter Jr. The Rockets announced in October that the team had signed Porter to a multiyear contract extension reportedly worth over $80 million.

Source: CNN September 12, 2023 16:19 UTC