Patrick Beverley Won't Face Assault Charges Connected To Teenage Sister's Accusations

Former NBA prima Patrick Beverley will nary longer look a felony battle complaint connected to allegations made by his teenage sister precocious past year that he grabbed her by nan cervix and punched her successful nan oculus during an altercation astatine their mother’s home.

On Monday, a expansive assemblage successful nan 240th District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas, returned a “no bill” —— meaning that insufficient grounds had been recovered — concerning nan third-degree felony complaint against Beverley of battle and impeding breath/circulation. District clerk Beverley McGrew Walker ordered that nan title against nan erstwhile subordinate beryllium dismissed.

On Monday, Beverley addressed nan result in a statement Monday connected societal media.

“I americium profoundly grateful for each thoughts and prayers for nan family,” nan erstwhile Lakers and Clippers subordinate wrote. “We must proceed to protect our children, particularly our young girls. This ordeal has genuinely made our family stronger. Thank you for your continued support and prayers.”

Beverley was arrested Nov. 14 aft Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Deputy Miguel Ramirez responded to a imaginable family unit business astatine a residence astatine astir 3:50 a.m. According to his probable origin affidavit, Ramirez said Beverley’s sister told him that her mother had called Beverley to travel complete aft discovering that nan woman had been retired pinch her fellow without permission.

Beverley’s sister said her relative “grabbed her by her cervix pinch some hands, and picked her up disconnected nan ground” and “squeezed her cervix causing her to consciousness pain,” according to nan affidavit. His sister felt for illustration “she was losing oxygen and not capable to breathe” for astir 20 to 30 seconds, nan affidavit stated, adding that she besides said her relative slammed her assemblage against nan walls and punched her successful nan near eye.

Later that day, Beverley wrote connected X, “Please don’t judge everything you spot connected nan internet.”

He besides indicated connected societal media that his sister was 15 and her fellow was 18.

Letitia Quinones-Hollins, 1 of nan attorneys representing Beverley, told The Times successful an emailed connection Nov. 17 that nan affidavit gives “only 1 broadside of nan communicative — fixed astatine a clip erstwhile emotions were high. As I’ve said before, we don’t judge that nan explanation successful that affidavit is accurate, nor is it complete. Patrick is not a convulsive man and was not convulsive that night.”

Quinones-Hollins and chap lawyer Rusty Hardin told TMZ connected Monday that they felt each on that Beverley “would beryllium cleared of each charges.”

“Patrick wants everyone to cognize that he would ne'er do thing to harm his sister and that he is very grateful that nan expansive assemblage has recognized that pinch their no-bill,” nan attorneys said. “He is thankful for each who prayed for him and supported him during this time. He is gladsome that nan process was allowed to activity arsenic it did and his dream is that pinch these charges down him now, his sanction and estimation will beryllium restored.”