Ex-NBA Star Amar'e Stoudemire Charged With Battery After Hitting Teen Daughter: Reports

MIAMI, FL — Former NBA player Amar’e Stoudemire is charged with battery after he struck his daughter so hard she bled during an incident at his Miami home, according to reports.

Stoudemire, 40, was charged Sunday with misdemeanor battery and issued a pretrial no-contact order, according to Miami-Dade County court records.

Stoudemire was arrested just hours after he announced Saturday evening on Instagram that he had graduated with a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Miami.

Police responded about 10 p.m. Saturday to his Brickell Key condominium, where the girl said Stoudemire had punched and slapped her for being “disrespectful,” the Miami Herald reported. There were blood stains on her sweater and pants, and a photo sent to the child’s mother showed blood on the teen’s face, according to the Herald. Stoudemire has two daughters, ages 17 and 14, but police did not specify which was the victim, the Herald reported.

Stoudemire’s bond was set at $1,500 and he is scheduled for an arraignment hearing Jan. 17, court records said.

Stoudemire was 2003’s Rookie of the Year on the Phoenix Suns before he went on to play for the New York Knicks and the Dallas Mavericks, and retired in 2016 from the Miami Heat, according to ESPN.