Former NBA star Patrick Beverley has been accused of choking and hitting his teenage sister after she allegedly left the house to visit her boyfriend in shocking new details of his recent arrest.
In police documents obtained by Daily Mail, Beverley’s sister – who is a minor – told officers that she left the family home in Richmond, Texas, in the middle of the night without permission in order to see her boyfriend.
The boyfriend was identified as Aiden Hilderbrand. Attorneys for Beverley say that Hilderbrand is 18-years-old.
Beverley’s sister – whose name was redacted from police reports – returned home, only for her mother Lisa to confront her. Lisa told her daughter to call the person she left to see and ask him to pick her up.
After Hilderbrand arrived, according to police, Lisa invited him inside and brought him up to her daughter’s bedroom. Lisa then asked Patrick to visit the house and enter her sister’s bedroom.
According to police, Patrick began to yell at his sister and ask ‘what is wrong with her’ before he grabbed her by the neck and picked her off the ground.
New details have emerged after former NBA star Patrick Beverley was arrested for assault
The former Bucks star has been charged with choking and assaulting his younger sister
The victim claims she felt pain and felt she was losing oxygen – saying Patrick squeezed her neck for between 20 and 30 seconds.
Patrick allegedly then pulled her out of the room, still holding her by the neck, and slammed her against the walls.
According to the probable cause affidavit, his sister tried breaking free by grabbing his wrists, before Patrick allegedly put her down on the sofa, stood on top of her, and then ‘punched her approximately one time on her left eye with a closed fist.’
The report also says that Beverley told his sister that ‘he will be the family relative to kill her.’
During this time, Lisa was allegedly in her room and told Hilderbrand to leave the house, which he did. Police say Patrick then followed behind him – later returning to tell his mother and sister that Hilderbrand had called police.
After authorities arrived and noticed marks on the neck and blood spots under the skin around her eye, Patrick was arrested.
He was charged with one count of assault on a family member by impeding breath or circulation. He was held on a $40,000 bond, which he paid.
The former Milwaukee Bucks point guard, 37, was taken into custody on Friday
According to TMZ, Beverley went on his social media accounts and posted: ‘Please don’t believe everything you see on the internet.’
He also posted a statement from his attorney on his Instagram story.
‘Patrick Beverley has no criminal record. He cares deeply about his little sister – a young lady, a minor,’ the statement read.
‘Given that, when he unexpectedly found her alone in the home with an 18-year-old man in the middle of the night, he was understandably concerned, as any brother would be about his sister.’
‘However, we don’t believe what followed happened the way it’s been described and we look forward to the opportunity to address that in court.’
Meanwhile in another statement, which was provided to TMZ, his attorney also said: ‘Patrick is not a violent man and was not violent that night.
‘In fact, he was very respectful with the authorities that night and encouraged others to do the same.
‘He has always looked out for their wellbeing and will continue to do so,’ his attorney Letitia Quinones-Hollins continued.
‘I have every expectation that when all the facts are in, Patrick will be cleared of these charges.’
Beverley’s attorney disputes the events as they were detailed in the report given to police
Since leaving the NBA last year, on the back of a controversial end to his spell with the Milwaukee Bucks, Beverley most recently played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League with Hapoel Tel Aviv.
Before departing Hapoel via mutual consent, he was suspended by the team for mocking his coach, Dimitris Itoudis, on social media after being benched during a championship loss in February.
Beverley was also sued by two women over a heated courtside altercation that occurred towards the end of his time in Milwaukee, which saw him take his anger out after a playoff defeat to the Indiana Pacers by throwing a ball towards rival fans and hitting a woman on the side of the head.
In response, Beverley admitted: ‘I have to be better, and I will be better. That should have never happened. Regardless of what was said, that should have never happened. Simple as that.’
The NBA issued a four-game suspension to him over the incident, which he is yet to serve after leaving Milwaukee on the back of that defeat.
