Editors’ note: This story contains accounts of domestic violence. If you or someone you know is a survivor of domestic abuse, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or at https://www.thehotline.org/.
Former NBA player Anthony Morrow is currently facing legal action in Charlotte stemming from a domestic violence incident that led to his arrest in mid-February.
Morrow, who is from the area, is facing charges of assault on a female, assault by strangulation, communicating threats and second-degree kidnapping, according to the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s office records. The 37-year-old was arrested and booked into the Mecklenburg County jail on Feb. 10 and released after posting his $15,000 bond on Feb. 12.
According to court records obtained by local ABC affiliate WSOC-TV, Morrow was involved in a domestic violence incident with a woman inside her uptown Charlotte apartment. The documents allege that Morrow assaulted the woman, whom he was reportedly dating at the time, by “squeezing her neck with his hands” and “striking her multiple times with his fists.” The altercation reportedly resulted in the woman sustaining “scratches on the right side of her neck, a cut lip, and abrasions on her forehead.”
Morrow’s attorney issued a statement to WSOC-TV, noting that Morrow “denies these allegations” and “has faith in our justice system and has every confidence that a review of the evidence will reveal that he is not guilty.”
An undrafted prospect out of Georgia Tech in 2008, Morrow went on to play for the Warriors, Nets, Hawks, Mavericks, Pelicans, Thunder and Bulls across 11 NBA seasons before retiring in ’17. Prior to turning pro, the Charlotte native played high school basketball at Charlotte Latin High School and was named North Carolina’s “Mr. Basketball” in ’04.
