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Former NBA player Ben Gordon made bail after an alleged violent incident at LaGuardia Airport, only to be rearrested hours later. The ex-shooting guard was first cuffed at the Queens airport around 7:45 p.m. Monday after punching his child in the face with a closed fist, sources said.
An ex-girlfriend of former NBA player Ben Gordon claims a "Karen" who recognized him sparked his arrest for allegedly hitting his 10-year-old son. Gordon's ex Ashley Banks said the "Karen" targeted the former basketball player after she recognized him Monday at LaGuardia Airport in New York, where he was arrested on allegations he struck his child. Gordon has been charged with assault and resisting arrest. Banks, who dated Gordon from 2016 to 2020, said he did not hurt his son, but that the "Karen" scarred the child for life. "The problem is the child was traumatized," Banks told the New York Post.
Former Chicago Bulls player Ben Gordon violated an order of protection already in place when he was arrested on charges of punching his 10-year-old son in the face at LaGuardia Airport, the Daily News has learned. Gordon, 39, was charged with violating his son’s order of protection as well as assault and resisting arrest for the ugly Monday night clash at LaGuardia Airport’s Terminal B, law enforcement sources said. Gordon was arraigned Tuesday night, with bail set at $20,000.
Ben Gordon arrested for hitting his son
Former NBA player Ben Gordon was arrested at LaGuardia airport Monday for allegedly hitting his 10-year-old son, sources said. Gordon was awaiting a flight to Chicago when Port Authority cops barred him from getting onto the plane and cuffed him over the alleged abuse at 8:45 p.m., law enforcement sources told the Post.
Russell got cited by police for marijuana possession Wednesday night, trying to fly from La Guardia to Louisville International Airport. But league sources told The Post it won’t affect his value as a free agent, while ESPN reported the Nets are trying to hammer out a deal with their All-Star before he hits the market on July 1. “It’s not an issue,” one league source told The Post. “I’ve had a cell phone ticket that was more [costly].”
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A spokesperson for the Port Authority – the police agency for LaGuardia and other major airports in the New York metro area – did not yet have information on the incident when contacted Thursday. An NBA player would be required to enter the league's marijuana program if the player "has been convicted of (including a plea of guilty, no contest or nolo contendere to) the use or possession of marijuana in violation of the law," according to the current collective bargaining agreement. There's no suspension until the third violation of the marijuana policy.
Things are about to get real serious for the NBA ... Al Sharpton tells TMZ Sports he's planning on contacting the NBA's major advertisers to get them to pull their sponsorship if the league does not suspend Donald Sterling ASAP. Sharpton spoke to our photog Sunday afternoon at LaGuardia Airport, where he called on the NBA to take immediate action against Sterling ... since the Clippers owner has not denied making the racist remarks published by TMZ Sports. Sharpton used very pointed language, saying, "What is there to investigate? He should be suspended immediately. Let's quit stalling, let's quit copping out, NBA. Let him go."
This is the view you'll get when the Nets are on TNT or ESPN this fall (of if you're flying into LaGuardia), the roof of Barclays Center. And now for the first time, those high above the city can catch the first outlines of the Barclays Center logo atop the arena. Like the signage already up on the Atlantic Avenue and Flatbush Avenue facades, the arena sign will be in Barclays Blue.
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