Miles Bridges has been denied entry to Canada because the Charlotte Hornets face the Toronto Raptors on the highway on Monday evening. Bridges can’t enter the nation due to his ongoing authorized issues stemming from home violence expenses towards the mom of his two kids introduced in 2022.
Bridges was charged one felony depend of inflicting hurt to a mother or father of a kid, and two felony counts of kid abuse. Bridges prevented jail time, however was sentenced to a few years of probation and a 10-year felony safety order for the mom of his kids. He violated the protected order towards the lady, and was served with a felony summons in Oct. of this 12 months.
Bridges missed the entire 2022-2023 season, however has been again with the Hornets this season after serving a 10-game suspension to start out the 12 months. The Hornets are making ready to play the Raptors with out Bridges.
ESPN Sources: Canada’s determination to disclaim Hornets F Miles Bridges entry into nation is unlikely to be reversed in time for him to reach for tonight’s recreation vs. Raptors. Bridges – who plead no contest to felony cost of injuring a baby’s mother or father – was denied border entry Sunday. pic.twitter.com/Z4Ajw0FHhJ
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 18, 2023
Bridges turned himself in to police on Oct. 13 after a warrant was issued for violation of the protecting order. The summons featured the next allegations, through ESPN:
Bridges is accused of throwing billiard balls at her automobile whereas the youngsters have been inside it, smashing the windshield and leaving dents within the automobile, based on the summons. He’s additionally accused within the summons of threatening her that if she “advised the police he would take all the things from her and withhold baby assist” and that he “allowed his present girlfriend to yell, scream and kick the sufferer’s automobile whereas the youngsters have been inside it.” The summons doesn’t say if the lady was within the automobile.
The Hornets have come underneath hearth for his or her determination to re-sign Bridges and play him this season. It’s one other misplaced 12 months for Charlotte on the court docket, and the Bridges saga continues to be a headache off of it.