All-Star and former NBA champion Rejon Rondo got into a very serious mess after he allegedly pulled out a gun and aimed his weapon at his family.
The incident, it was reported, occurred on May 11 while 36-year-old Rondo, now the Cleveland Cavaliers' coordinator, played video games with his son Pierre at the home of his ex-partner and the mother of his two children, Ashley Bachlor.
Batchlor claims that after asking a structure to stop playing to sort the laundry, Rondo lost his temper and started raging.
He ripped the game console off the wall, broke dishes and lamps and turned trash cans - all in front of the frightened children's eyes.
Although Bachlor said she tried to reassure the basketball player that he was mad, he refused to listen to her and even threatened to kill her.
He left the house, returned a quarter of an hour later and hit the window.
Bachelor went to the back door, where she saw Rondo holding a gun.
She demanded that he stop his actions because he was scaring her, and in response he yelled at her to "bring him his son Maz ***."
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According to the report, the woman brought Pierre to the door of the house "out of fear" that Rondo might do something terrible if she did not comply with his demand.
The son opened the door, and Rondo, who was still holding the gun, "pulled him out and asked him if he was afraid of his father," according to the terrified mother, who did not intervene for fear that Rondo would shoot her.
Eventually Rondo's parents came to the house, and although they too found it difficult at first to reassure their son, he eventually left the place.
Two days later, on May 13, Bachlor filed an affidavit in court, stating that she was "anxious about her fate and the fate of her family. Rajon has a history of violent and unexpected behavior. He is verbally, physically and financially abusive, beating our son "And he calls him derogatory names, and also curses our daughter (Rileel.)
Yesterday (Monday) the judge issued a temporary restraining order, in which Rondo was required to maintain a distance of at least 150 meters from his family members and deposit his gun in court.
Also, custody of the two children was fully transferred to their mother.
In the shadow of the development of the affair, the NBA has issued a statement that it is investigating the case.
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