L’NBA investigate a video in which I Morantplayer of Memphis Grizzliesshows one pistol in a strip club.
The recording, which has gone viral on the networks, was taken from the account ofInstagram of the athlete, where he himself relayed the moment in direct this Saturday morning.
In relation to this event, Mike Bassspokesman for the NBA, said: “We are concerned about a publication on social networks involving Ja Morant and we are looking into it».
The 23-year-old star had already gone viral due to a report from The Washington Post of this week that he was linked by an alleged fight with a 17-year-old already assumed threats against a security guard of a shopping center. According to police records in the county of Shelby (Tennessee), no charges were filed for either incident last summer.
In the first incident, the ‘Washington Post’ reported that a minor claimed to have received at least 12 punches de Morant during a game between friends at Morant’s house a Eads, Tennesseehe July 26.
It all started when the two got into a verbal altercation that escalated, resulting in the teenager hitting Morant in the face with the basketball, an action the teen claimed was accidental. The teenager explained to the police that the NBA player he came out with a gun visible in his waistband.
Morant admitted to the police that he had hit the teenager, but that he had been the aggressor, so he filed his own police report a few weeks later, according to the ‘Post’. A spokesperson for the Shelby County District Attorney told the American media that “there was not enough evidence» to file charges against Morant or the teenager.
In the second incident, a mall security guard claimed to have been pushed by members of Morant’s entourage into the parking lot after he asked them to leave.
The mishap began when the professional athlete’s mother got into a dispute with a worker at a store inside the mall. He called Morant, who he showed up with nine friends, threatening the worker, who reported him.
Morant is averaging of 27.1 points, 8.2 assists and 6.0 rebounds in 53 games (all as a starter) this season. He was summoned for the second consecutive time for the All-Star Game.