Live Bar, June 18 according to TA reporter Sam Amick, Morant’s lawsuit for beating a 17-year-old youth is still being heard in the local court system, the outcome of this lawsuit may affect when Morant can return.
The league punished Morant twice for holding a gun in the live broadcast for 25 games, but this punishment did not include his beating of teenagers.
According to previous reports, Morant was accused of beating a 17-year-old youth and pointing a gun at the teenager. The details were not clear, but it was reported that the incident involved Morant and a friend of his, both of them beat the boy. The boy told the police that he had been beaten by Morant alone for more than a dozen times. In the conversation with the police, Morant said that the teenager was the challenger of the incident. In a game, the teenager hit the ball on his head and walked towards him, then Morant himself waved his fist for self-defense. In addition, Morant said he and his family were threatened.
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