Charlotte Hornets restricted free agent Miles Bridges has been formally charged with felony domestic violence and child abuse stemming from an alleged assault that occurred last month in Los Angeles, the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday.
Bridges, 24, was arrested on June 29 for “intimate partner violence with injury,” according to the LAPD, following an incident two days prior in West Los Angeles. He was booked on a felony domestic violence warrant and released on $130,000 bond.
According to the criminal complaint, Bridges is alleged to have assaulted his girlfriend in front of the couple’s two children. He faces one felony count of injuring a child’s parent and two felony counts of child abuse under circumstances or conditions likely to cause great bodily injury or death, the District Attorney’s Office said in its release. According to the DA’s release, the case “includes an allegation of causing great bodily injury on the domestic violence victim.”
“Domestic violence creates physical, mental and emotional trauma that has a lasting impact on survivors,” L.A. County District Attorney George Gascón said in a statement. “Children who witness family violence are especially vulnerable and the impact on them is immeasurable. Mr. Bridges will be held accountable for his actions and our Bureau of Victim Services will support the survivors through this difficult process.”
Bridges’ arraignment is scheduled for Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Mychelle Johnson, the mother of Bridges’ two children, posted several pictures on Instagram in the wake of his arrest of what appeared to be injuries and a medical report that read “adult victim of physical abuse by male partner; Assault by strangulation, Brain concussion; Closed fracture of nasal bone; Contusion of rib; Multiple bruises; Strain of neck muscle.”
She did not mention Bridges by name, but wrote on Instagram: “I hate that it has come to this but I can’t be silent anymore. I’ve allowed someone to destroy my home, abuse me in every way possible and traumatize our kids for life. I have nothing to prove to the world, but I won’t allow anyone who could do something so horrible to have no remorse and paint a picture of something I’m not. I won’t allow the people around him to continue to silence me and continue to lie to protect this person.”
The LAPD said at the time of Bridges’ arrest that it does not release police reports on domestic violence arrests. The case remains under investigation by the West Los Angeles Branch of the LAPD.
The 6-foot-7, 225-pound Bridges was the Hornets’ leading scorer last season, averaging 20.2 points and seven rebounds in his fourth NBA season. The Hornets had extended Bridges a qualifying offer prior to his arrest, which allows them a chance to match any offer sheet made by another team.
The Hornets issued a statement after Bridges was arrested that indicated they were looking into the situation, and an NBA spokesperson said the league was “in the process of gathering more information.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.