Miles Bridges of the Charlotte Hornets had his claims of domestic abuse against him dropped in North Carolina.
Due to conflicting victim testimony, the prosecutor on Tuesday dropped the domestic abuse allegations against Charlotte Hornets and Miles Bridges, according to court documents.
Bridges was charged with hurling balls from a pool table at a woman’s car while her kids were inside. According to the dismissal’s file, the victim initially informed police that a woman had damaged her car, but then claimed that Bridges was responsible. Afterwards, she said she wasn’t sure who was responsible for the harm.
The dismissal form, which Assistant District Attorney Samantha Pendergrass signed, stated that “the victim gave a recent statement to prosecutors in which she said she is unsure how the damages were caused in preparation for the upcoming scheduled trial.” “The state would not prevail at trial given the lack of sufficient evidence required to overcome the inconsistency of these accounts.”
According to a January 2023 arrest warrant, Bridges was also charged in another incident with continually contacting the victim via phone and social media despite being instructed not to do so by a Californian judge.
However, according to court documents, she “no longer possesses nor can recall the content or contacts.”
Among the accusations dropped are:
▪ Two misdemeanor counts of disobeying a protection order against domestic abuse.
Child abuse on a misdemeanor level.
The state of North Carolina has dismissed accusations of domestic abuse. 69.03% of the load
Miles Bridges of the Hornets was not charged in connection with the domestic abuse incident.
▪ Damage to individual possessions.
Attorney Allen Brotherton for Bridges filed a request in October asking the prosecution to turn over specific material. Among them were:
▪ Remarks that “exculpate or mitigate” Bridges’ involvement, together with proof that would “implicate another person.”
▪ Any remarks made by a witness that are deemed to be “contradictory.”
▪ Bridges’s “exculpatory or mitigating” comments.
The District Attorney’s Office for Mecklenburg County refrained from commenting beyond the information provided in the dismissal documents.
The Hornets’ officials declined to comment.On July 2, Bridges accepted a $7.9 million, one-year qualifying offer. This summer, he is a free agent without restrictions. He has stated that he would like to be a member of the Hornets for longer.
He stated to The Charlotte Observer on Friday, “I would love to be here long-term.” “I think we wouldn’t even be having trade talks if we had our entire team, and we would have already qualified for the playoffs.”
We simply need to get our guys back, and I’m happy to be here. When questioned in November about his allegations, Bridges promised to triumph on the court and regain people’s faith.