Ex-NBA star Amar’e Stoudemire’s bail is set at $1,500 after he “punched his daughter in the jaw after she was disrespectful to her grandma and talked to him”.
- The former All-Star NBA player was arrested overnight on Saturday for allegedly hitting his daughter at his Miami home
- Stoudemire told police his daughter “got whooping cough” after being “disrespectful” and a “liar”.
- Just hours before the incident, Stoudemire had graduated from the University of Miami with a master’s degree in business administration
Former NBA star Amar’e Stoudemire was arrested on Saturday after allegedly punching and punching his daughter in the jaw multiple times.
The incident happened just hours after Stoudemire, 40, received a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Miami.
According to sports reporter Andy Slater, the basketball players told law enforcement that his daughter “received a hefty caning from him for being disrespectful and a liar.”
He claimed she “gave attitude.”
Police say they saw bloodstains at the scene, including on the girl’s sweater and sweatpants.
Stoudemire’s bail was set at $1,500.
Stoudemire, who shares four children with ex-wife Alexis Welch, was arrested at his Brickell apartment in Miami.
Former NBA star Ama’re Stoudemire, 40, was arrested at his Miami home overnight on Saturday for allegedly hitting and punching one of his teenage daughters until blood was drained
Hours before the arrest, Stoudemire had completed his MBA at the University of Miami
It is unclear whether the victim was his 17-year-old or his 14-year-old daughter. However, the police report says the child told police her 1.90 meter tall father hit her on the jaw and hit her so hard that blood shed.
Stoudemire spent most of his NBA career as a forward with the Phoenix Suns and New York Knicks before ending it with the Miami Heat in 2016.
The arrest report states: “I observed bloodstains on the victim’s sweater and sweatpants.”
“The victim’s mother showed me the photo she received of her daughter of the victim crying and blood running down her face.”
Alexis Welch, after receiving a picture of her injured child, told police she had come to get her and her two sons. She said Stoudemire instructed her to pick up her daughter because she was “disrespectful”.
The daughter told authorities her grandmother called her around 8pm on Saturday night and she replied, “What?”
Her father “then stormed into her room and asked her why she behaved.”
The daughter subsequently denied striking a note with her grandmother, after which she said her father replied, “You’re talking back again” and punched her on the right side of her jaw.
The incident happened at Stoudemire’s luxury apartment in Brickell Key, Miami, on Saturday night
Stoudemire spent most of his professional basketball career with the Phoenix Suns and the New York Knicks before ending it in 2016 while playing for the Miami Heat
He then punched her in the face, bleeding, and continued to hit the “left side of her body,” according to the police report.
Stoudemire told police the child called her mother to pick her up “because she was sad”. She was sad, he said, “because she was berated by him for being disrespectful and a liar.”
The report then said that Stoudemire had exercised his right to remain silent.
He received a stay-at-home order and his indictment is scheduled for January 17.
Stoudemire was drafted from Orlando High School to the Phoenix Suns in 2002 and was named NBA Rookie of the Year in 2002-03. He was named All-NBA five times during his career.