Crime & Safety
Suffolk County District Attorney: Ex-Celtics Player Admits Violent Assault Of Former Intimate Partner
For his part, Bird asked permission to address the judge and said through tears, "She didn't deserve this and I'm sorry."
October 27, 2021
BOSTON, October 26, 2021—The 2018 criminal case against former Boston Celtics player JABARI BIRD for strangulation, kidnapping and other domestic-violence crimes concluded today as a judge continued the case without a finding for two years over the objections of the prosecutor and the victim, Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins announced.
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During a hearing this morning in the Brighton Division of the Boston Municipal Court, Mr. Bird tearfully admitted that he assaulted and repeatedly choked his then-girlfriend, prevented her from leaving his apartment, and later threatened her in an attempt to deter her from testifying.
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