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Former NBA starBen Gordonwas arrested on Monday after allegedly hitting his 10-year-old son, PEOPLE has confirmed.
Multiple witnesses saw Gordon hit his son, according to police, and two officers sustained injuries as they tried to arrest the former shooting guard.
Gordon has been charged with assault, criminal contempt and resisting arrest.
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Gordon spent 11 years in the NBA before his exit from the sport in 2017, and served as a standout player on a number of teams including the Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons, Charlotte Bobcats and Orlando Magic.
He was named the NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 2005.
Back in February 2020, Gordon revealed inan article about mental health forThe Players' Tribunethat he was diagnosed withbipolar disorder, an illness of the brain that causes extreme changes in mood and energy levels, according to theNational Institute of Mental Health.
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Prior to that, the London-born athlete had a number of run-ins with the law.
In June 2017, he was arrested and later released on probation forpulling fire alarms in his Los Angeles apartment building,USA Todayreported. That October, policetransported Gordon to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluationafter he and a female patron of a sports rehab facility he owns reportedly got into a confrontation,The Journal Newsreported.
Then, in November 2017, Gordon was arrested forallegedly punching the building manager of his Los Angeles apartment, pulling a knife on the man and robbing him of his security deposit, ESPN reported. The same month, he was stopped in Harlem fordriving his SUV with fake Florida license plates, theNew York Daily Newsreported. A judge later dismissed the weapons charges.
source: people.com
