Ex accuses Miles Bridges of smashing car window with pool table balls, court filing says
A criminal summons issued this week against Hornets forward Miles Bridges includes allegations that he smashed his ex’s car windshield and violated a domestic protective order on Oct. 6.
Mecklenburg County court records show the alleged incident happened in Charlotte when Bridges and the woman met for a child custody exchange. In May, the records show, a protective order had been issued by a judge in California.
The new summons charges the 25-year-old Bridges with misdemeanor child abuse, injury to personal property and a domestic protective order violation.
The court document providing details on the summons lists the offense date as “on or about” Oct. 10, 2023. On Tuesday, however, Bridges was in Miami with the team.
A separate document — a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police incident report obtained by The Charlotte Observer on Thursday — says the offense happened on Oct. 6 but wasn’t fully reported until four days later.
Part of the summons says the woman accuses Bridges of throwing pool table balls at her vehicle while the children were in the car. She says he threatened her, saying that if she called police he would withhold child support money, according to the court summons. Bridges also allowed his current girlfriend to “yell, scream and kick the victim’s car” while children were inside, the summons alleges.
Bridges has been summoned to appear in criminal court in Charlotte on Nov. 13.
Miles Bridges police reports
On Oct. 6 at around 9 p.m., CMPD officers were called to a home in Charlotte’s Aborteum neighborhood, where Bridges lives, public records obtained by The Charlotte Observer show.
The police report from the incident says his ex-girlfriend told officers her Audi Q8 SUV was damaged. The report doesn’t list Bridges or name a suspect but indicates the victim gave police a name and an investigation was opened.
Another police report from the same day, time and location shows the woman reported on Oct. 10 a violation of a domestic violence protection order. Bridges is not listed as a suspect but an arrest warrant was issued, the report says, and the details correspond to the criminal summons made on Oct. 11.
Miles Bridges arrest warrant
Deputies in Charlotte still have an unserved warrant from January against Bridges, according to the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office.
It’s not clear why authorities haven’t served the outstanding warrant.
On Thursday, a Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office spokesman told the Observer: “I do not have a particular reason that it has remained un-served. Typically the reason warrants show as un-served is due to deputies unable to make contact with the individual.”
A copy of the January warrant has not been made public.
A police report obtained by the Observer shows CMPD issued a warrant on Jan. 2 after being called to Bridges’ ex-girlfriend’s home which is close to uptown, in the Midtown neighborhood, around 10 p.m. Bridges is not listed as a suspect on the report but the offense listed was violation of a domestic violence protection order.
Thursday, the team remained tight-lipped about the situation, issuing only the following statement:
“We are aware of the reports and are in the process of gathering more information.”
Past Miles Bridges allegations
In November, Bridges pleaded no contest to a felony count of injuring a child’s parent in exchange. He was sentenced to three years of probation and no jail time for the offenses stemming from a 2022 alleged assault.
Days after the alleged assault, the victim posted photos on her Instagram showing injuries to her face, CNN reported. The photos have since been deleted. His ex also shared what appeared to be a discharge document from a hospital, indicating that she was an “adult victim of physical abuse by a male partner,” CNN reported last year. Her injuries included a closed fracture of her nasal bone, a rib contusion, multiple bruises and a neck muscle strain, the document showed.
In April, the NBA suspended Bridges for 30 games for the domestic violence charges, and deemed he had served 20 games last season, leaving him out for the Hornets’ initial games of 2023-24.
Although he’s ineligible to play in the preseason, Bridges traveled with the Hornets on their two-game road trip to Miami and Washington, D.C. He’s allowed to accompany the team on trips, and can practice and participate in the Hornets’ game day shootarounds. But he can’t be at the arena within two hours of tipoff.
He will likely make his return to game action when the Hornets host the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA’s inaugural play-in tournament on Nov. 17 at Spectrum Center.
This is a developing story. Check back for more details.
This story was originally published October 12, 2023 at 10:46 AM with the headline "Ex accuses Miles Bridges of smashing car window with pool table balls, court filing says."
