'Disturbing': Judge In Kenyon Glover's Assault Case Sides With Victim

Ex-NBA player turned minister Kenyon Glover was handed a loss in court by a judge who found the testimony "disturbing."

A Superior Court judge in Los Angeles has determined that Glover assaulted a woman whom he was providing spiritual coaching in a ministry role as her spiritual advisor. The court found that there was “clear and convincing evidence” in the case against him.

Glover, 45, a Louisiana native, who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA), turned actor-filmmaker, currently works as a fitness trainer in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

The decision comes after the court heard testimony from both the victim and Glover, who said he was in possession of a handgun, admitted to removing the weapon from the holster, and handling the weapon in the victim’s presence in the time period preceding the assault.

When the victim attempted to describe being violently coerced, an outburst erupted from Glover leading the woman to tell the court, “It’s that temper right there. I know he can be a bully, and it’s deeply concerning to me.”

In court, the victim testified that Glover was a “predator” and that the assault was “premeditated.” The woman told the judge, “He’s a very scary and dangerous person, and I’ve seen firsthand now behind the scenes.” The victim referred to Glover as a “narcissistic sociopath.”

The victim also accused Glover of gaslighting her. Testimony given from the victim revealed Glover “did a lot of stuff to scare me, to intimidate me, and it was to provoke fear in me,” court records state.

Glover told the victim on the day of the assault, “I almost killed a man. I got off because it was self defense, but I almost killed him,” according to a court report.

Testimony in the hearing revealed that Glover had an extensive history of domestic violence, where he had previously assaulted his ex-wife. Testimony also revealed that Glover had been arrested and charged with a prior domestic violence offense.

The court found “there is an ability for Mr. Glover to come to California. He’s a licensed driver in California. He has access to the state. He has access to other social media tools if he wishes to make contact with the victim, so I will grant the restraining order,” the judge said.

“He is not to contact you by email, text messages, or other social media or electronic means, devices, or in writing personally,” the judge said. “He’s to stay away from you for 100 yards in public, your home, your vehicle, and your workplace. That will be my order,” the judge told the victim.

The court order states that Glover “cannot own, possess, have, buy or try to buy, receive or try to receive, or in any other way get guns, other firearms, or ammunition.”

The judge ruled “it’s going to be also that Mr. Glover is not to harass or intimidate, threaten, stalk, assault, hit, abuse, destroy the safety and peace of the victim,” according to the court order.

“I find that there was an event, I think the event was one where Mr. Glover exceeded what he felt was perhaps permissive behavior that would have caused him to act that way,” Judge Coletta stated at the end of the hearing.

Sherri Carter, Executive Officer of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles filed the court order after the hearing in accordance with standard court practices. The clerk sent the court order to Glover’s home address located at 2446 Naoma Street, Dallas, Texas 75039, according to trial transcripts and court filings related to the case.

Court filings show Glover was served with the restraining order at his place of employment listed as PickUp USA Fitness located at 989 W. Sandy Lake Road, Suite 500, Coppell, Texas 75019, by Dallas County Constable Edward Wright in Precinct 4.