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NBA reopening Jaxson Hayes investigation
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NBA reopening Jaxson Hayes investigation

The NBA is reopening its investigation into a domestic violence incident involving… Lakers center Jaxson Hayessaid ESPN’s Dave McMenamin.

The Los Angeles Police Department responded to a domestic violence call on July 28, 2021, involving Hayes and Sofia Jamora, who was his girlfriend at the time. TMZ posted security camera footage of the incident on Saturday, prompting league officials to revisit the matter.

“Following the media report and video posted this morning, we are reopening our investigation,” the spokesperson said. NBA spokesperson Mike Bass said.

As McMenamin narrates, the video appears to show Hayes pulling Jamora out of a doorway as she says: “Stop. Let me go.” Hayes replies: “What the hell is wrong with you?”

Their argument continues in the driveway, where Jamora shouts: “I’m not going to let you hit me anymore. What do I look like, a punching bag?’ Hayes is later shown walking away from her and then turns to spit at her.

Hayes was arrested and in June 2022, he was sentenced to three years of probation, 450 hours of community service and one year of weekly domestic violence classes. He was also ordered to pay damages.

Police body camera footage showed Hayes fighting with officers, who twice used an electric stun gun after ordering him to leave the house so they could speak to the alleged victim. He told police that Jamora “threw some stuff at him” during their argument. Hayes was treated at a hospital after the arrest, and an officer who threw Hayes against a wall was treated for an elbow injury.

The NBA took no action against Hayes after the initial investigation.

“There has already been an extensive investigation that we have been working with the league on, and as that investigation reopens, we will continue to do so.” a spokesperson for Hayes told McMenamin.

McMenamin adds that attorneys representing Jamora filed a lawsuit this week alleging that Robert T. Tamate, the officer with whom Hayes fought, “previously met with Hayes’ attorneys and was financially compensated for unknown reasons by Hayes.”

A spokesperson for Jamora told McMenamin that she will cooperate with the NBA investigation, and a representative for the Lakers said: “We work together with the League.”