Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter arrested for choking WNBA player girlfriend at NYC hotel: sources

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Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter arrested for choking WNBA player girlfriend at NYC hotel: sources

When officers arrived, they found Porter’s 26-year-old gal pal – a WNBA player – with a cut on her face and suffering neck pain, cops and sources said.

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Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter arrested for choking WNBA player girlfriend at NYC hotel: sources​

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Larry Celona,
Joe Marino and
Amanda Woods



Published Sep. 11, 2023, 3:21 p.m. ET







Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. was busted in the Big Apple early Monday for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend — a former WNBA player — inside a Manhattan hotel, authorities and sources said.
Cops nabbed the 23-year-old pro baller at around 6:30 a.m. after receiving a 911 call for an assault at the four-star Millennium Hilton New York Hotel at 1 UN Plaza in Midtown, according to the NYPD and police sources.
When officers arrived, they found Porter’s 26-year-old girlfriend Kysre Gondrezick — who previously played for the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky — with a cut on her face and suffering neck pain, cops and sources said.
Porter allegedly hit Gondrezick multiple times and placed his hands around her neck, cops said.
The alleged assault took place after the couple went out Sunday night and later returned to the hotel, according to sources.
Gondrezick was sleeping when she woke up to her NBA player beau hitting her, the sources said.
She was taken to a local hospital for a medical evaluation, and was listed in stable condition.
Porter — whose full name is Bryan Kevin Porter Jr. — was charged with assault and strangulation, cops said.

Porter, 23, allegedly hit Gondrezick, 26, multiple times and placed his hands around her neck in their hotel room, sources said. Getty Images for Vogue Porter was charged with assault and strangulation, cops said. Gabriella Bass
“We are aware of the reports regarding Kevin Porter Jr.,” an NBA spokesperson told The Post. “The league office is in contact with the Houston Rockets and in the process of gathering more information.”


Porter – who signed a $63.4 million contract with the Rockets in 2022 – was awaiting arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court on Monday.


The former first round draft pick, whose arrest was first reported by WABC-TV, remained silent as two NYPD cops escorted him into the courthouse with his hands cuffed behind his back – and either looked down or straight ahead as he was ushered inside.


Porter and Gondrezick were previously photographed together on Sept. 7 attending Vogue’s Smart Tox kickoff event to celebrate the start of New York Fashion Week.

Porter was awaiting arraignment Monday afternoon.Gabriella Bass The guard signed a contract extension just last year.Gabriella Bass
Porter has a history of outbursts and was shipped from Cleveland to Houston in a January 2021 trade after he got into a screaming match and even tossed food over his locker being moved to a wall with younger players, The Athletic reported at the time.


Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Koby Altman confronted Porter who remained combative, according to the report.


Porter was then told to clean out his new locker and teammates were told he would no longer be part of the team, ESPN reported back then.

Gondrezick was hospitalized in stable condition for a medical evaluation. NBAE via Getty Images
The then-Cavaliers guard was charged with improperly handling a firearm in a vehicle in Cleveland, OH in November 2020 – though the case was dropped a month later.


In January 2022, he had to be separated from then-Houston assistant coach John Lucas during a halftime exchange where Porter lost his temper and threw an object, The Athletic reported.

 

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Houston Rockets’ Kevin Porter Jr. allegedly fractured girlfriend’s vertebra in NYC hotel beating, released on $75K bail

Kevin Porter Jr., 23, is accused of repeatedly punching his 26-year-old girlfriend, Kysre Gondrezick, in the face and choking her until she couldn’t breathe, according to a criminal complaint…

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Houston Rockets’ Kevin Porter Jr. allegedly fractured girlfriend’s vertebra in NYC hotel beating, released on $75K bail​

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Emily Crane



Published Sep. 12, 2023, 1:22 p.m. ET






Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr.’s girlfriend was left with a broken bone in her neck after the NBA player allegedly relentlessly beat and choked her at their Big Apple hotel, prosecutors said Tuesday — as he was released on $75,000 bail.
Porter, 23, is accused of repeatedly punching his 26-year-old girlfriend, Kysre Gondrezick, in the face and choking her until she couldn’t breathe inside their room at the four-star Millennium Hilton New York Hotel in Midtown early Monday, according to a criminal complaint.
The savage beatdown allegedly only stopped when Gondrezick — a former WNBA player — fled the room and was found bloodied and bruised by hotel employees in the hall, prosecutors said during Porter’s arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court.
The pro baller, whose full name is Bryan Kevin Porter Jr., was arrested at about 6.30 a.m. Monday and charged with assault and strangulation after cops received a 911 call about the alleged attack.
His girlfriend told officers that Porter had struck her with a closed fist multiple times — leaving her with an inches-long gash above her right eye, prosecutors said.

Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. was released on $75,000 bail Tuesday following his arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court. Steven Hirsch

Kevin Porter departs the courthouse on Tuesday.Steven Hirsch

Porter, 23, is accused of repeatedly punching his 26-year-old girlfriend, Kysre Gondrezick, in the face and choking her in their Big Apple hotel room, cops said. Getty Images for Vogue
The hoopster then allegedly “forcefully” squeezed Gondrezick’s neck with his hands, “causing her to experience difficulty breathing, redness and bruising to her neck, and substantial pain,” the complaint charges.


After being taken to NYU Langone Medical Center, doctors confirmed that Gondrezick — who previously played for the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky — had suffered a fractured vertebra in her neck, the filing said.

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Prosecutors with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office had requested Porter’s bail be set at $100,000 during his arraignment, citing a history of alleged abuse against his girlfriend — including an incident when he rammed his car into hers.


Assistant District Attorney Mirah Curzer had also told the court that Porter, who lives in Houston, Texas, is known to have access to multiple firearms, and was arrested out of state in 2020 on gun charges, which were later dropped.


Judge Michael Ryan, however, instead set the NBA star’s bail at $75,000 and granted a full temporary restraining order against him.


Porter — who signed a $63.4 million contract with the Rockets in 2022 — was silent as he left the courthouse and ushered into a waiting car following his arraignment.


He is due back in court on Oct. 16.


His defense attorney, Stephanie Kelemen of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, didn’t return a request for comment.


Police sources have said the alleged assault on Gondrezick took place after the couple had gone out Sunday night and later returned to the hotel.

Porter was silent as he left the courthouse following his arraignment. Steven Hirsch

Porter is due back in court on October 16th.Steven Hirsch
Gondrezick was asleep when her pro baller beau allegedly started beating her, the sources added.


“We are aware of the reports regarding Kevin Porter Jr.,” an NBA spokesperson told The Post in the wake of his arrest. “The league office is in contact with the Houston Rockets and in the process of gathering more information.”


Meanwhile, Gondrezick’s sister reportedly took to her Instagram Stories to warn Porter to “count [his] days” after he was slapped with the charges, according to Clutch Points.


“@kevinporterjr if you think you gone touch my sister & not get touched,” Kalabrya Haskins wrote in a since-expired post. “Count ya f—ing days. Better hope and pray you’ll be able to ever walk again let alone dribble.


“You may have gotten away with this s–t in the past cause yo mama ain’t beat ya a–, but we spank lil punk a– painting nail sissy b—-es like you every day. Don’t show up to that crib. We gone do it to you. Lil b—h.”

The pro baller signed a $63.4 million contract with the Rockets in 2022.Getty Images
Porter has a history of outbursts and was shipped from Cleveland to Houston in January 2021 after getting into a screaming match and tossing food when his locker was moved to a wall with younger players, The Athletic reported at the time.





He was also charged with improperly handling a firearm in a vehicle in Cleveland in November 2020 — though the case was dropped a month later.


In January 2022, he had to be separated from then-Houston assistant coach John Lucas during a halftime exchange that saw Porter lose his temper and throw an object, The Athletic reported.