Houston Rockets' Kevin Porter Jr. alleged to have fractured girlfriend's vertebra: he's on %75K bail

Basketball player Kevin Porter Jr. allegedly provided a broken vertebra in his girlfriend's neck after he was said to relentlessly beat and choked her at their Manhattan hotel, prosecutors said Tuesday. Porter, 23, was released on $75,000 bail.

The young man is accused of repeatedly punching Kysre Gondrezick, 26, in the face and choking her to the point at which she couldn't breathe. The incident took place in their room at the Millennium Hilton New York Hotel in Midtown early Monday, so states the criminal complaint.

The savage beating of the young woman by Porter, who is 6 feet 4 inches tall, only ended when Gondrezick, a former WNBA player, ran out of the room and was found bloodied and bruised by hotel employees in the hallway, prosecutors said during Porter's arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court. 

The basket baller was arrested at about 6.30 a.m. Monday and charged with assault and strangulation after cops received a 911 call about the alleged attack.

His girlfriend told police that Porter had struck her with a closed fist multiple times — leaving her with an inches-long gash above her right eye, prosecutors said. He next "forcefully" squeezed her neck with his big hands, “causing her to experience difficulty breathing, redness and bruising to her neck, and substantial pain,” the complaint charges.

After being taken to NYU Langone Medical Center, doctors confirmed that Gondrezick — who previously played for the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky — had suffered a fractured vertebra in her neck, the filing said.

It looks as if Porter may be in trouble.

This wasn't Porter's first incident however. Prosecutors asked that Porter's bail be set at $100,000 during the arraignment, due to his history of alleged abuse against Gondrezick. In one incident it is alleged that Porter rammed his car into hers, but in spite of that, she stayed with him and continued to take his alleged abuse.

Assistant District Attorney Mirah Curzer had also told the court that Porter is known to have access to multiple firearms, and was arrested out of state in 2020 on gun charges, which were later dropped because he is famous and has a decent outside shot.

Judge Michael Ryan, however, instead set the NBA star’s bail at $75,000 and granted a full temporary restraining order against him.

Porter is due back in court on Oct. 16.

Police sources have said the alleged assault on Gondrezick took place after the couple had gone out Sunday night and later returned to the hotel.  

Gondrezick was asleep when her NBA beau allegedly started beating her, the sources added, possibly due to snoring.

“We are aware of the reports regarding Kevin Porter Jr.,” an NBA spokesperson told The Post in the wake of his arrest. “The league office is in contact with the Houston Rockets and in the process of gathering more information.”

Meanwhile, Gondrezick’s sister reportedly took to her Instagram Stories to warn Porter to “count [his] days” after he was slapped with the charges, according to Clutch Points.

“@kevinporterjr if you think you gone touch my sister & not get touched,” Kalabrya Haskins wrote in a since-expired post. “Count ya f—ing days. Better hope and pray you’ll be able to ever walk again let alone dribble.

“You may have gotten away with this s–t in the past cause yo mama ain’t beat ya a–, but we spank lil punk a– painting nail sissy b—-es like you every day. Don’t show up to that crib. We gone do it to you. Lil b—h.”

This veiled threat did not seem to weigh heavily upon the shoulders of the NBA basketball shooter.

Porter has a history of outbursts and was shipped from Cleveland to Houston in January 2021 after getting into a screaming match and tossing food when his locker was moved to a wall with younger players, The Athletic reported at the time.

In January 2022, he had to be separated from then-Houston assistant coach John Lucas during a halftime exchange that saw Porter lose his temper and throw an object, The Athletic reported.

So now we wait the fate of the woman-beater.

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