Miles Bridges has been denied entry to Canada because the Charlotte Hornets face the Toronto Raptors on the street on Monday evening. Bridges can not enter the nation due to his ongoing authorized issues stemming from home violence expenses in opposition to the mom of his two kids introduced in 2022.
Bridges was charged one felony rely of inflicting hurt to a father or mother of a kid, and two felony counts of kid abuse. Bridges averted jail time, however was sentenced to 3 years of probation and a 10-year felony safety order for the mom of his kids. He violated the protected order in opposition to the girl, and was served with a felony summons in Oct. of this yr.
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 yr. The Hornets are making ready to play the Raptors with out Bridges.
ESPN Sources: Canada’s resolution to disclaim Hornets F Miles Bridges entry into nation is unlikely to be reversed in time for him to reach for tonight’s sport vs. Raptors. Bridges – who plead no contest to felony cost of injuring a baby’s father or mother – 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 car whereas the youngsters had been inside it, smashing the windshield and leaving dents within the automobile, in accordance with the summons. He’s additionally accused within the summons of threatening her that if she “informed the police he would take every thing 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 had been inside it.” The summons doesn’t say if the girl was within the automobile.
The Hornets have come underneath hearth for his or her resolution to re-sign Bridges and play him this season. It’s one other misplaced yr for Charlotte on the courtroom, and the Bridges saga continues to be a headache off of it.
