Ja Morant Jail news has been trending on social media as he is being sued for punching a 17-year-old boy during a basketball game in Memphis.
Temetrius Jamel “Ja” Morant is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association. He earned a first-team All-American as a sophomore in 2019 while he was playing collegiate basketball with the Murray State Racers where he went by the moniker “G12”.
He was selected second overall by the Grizzlies in the 2019 NBA draught and he was named Rookie of the Year in 2020. Morant was selected as a starter for his first NBA All-Star Game in 2022.
He was not ranked by ESPN 247Sports. South Carolina was his only NCAA Division I high-major offer. Murray State of the Ohio Valley Conference unintentionally discovered him in July 2016.
Is Ja Morant In Jail? Arrest And Charge- Suspended For Threatening Boy With A Gun
According to Memphis Police records obtained by the Washington Post Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies was frequently accused of striking a young child in the head and threatening him with a pistol last summer.
The alleged incident occurred four days after Morant allegedly threatened the mall’s security chief.
Those allegations surfaced about a month after some of Morant’s friends were accused of using a red laser to intimidate and harass Indiana Pacers personnel.
Morant who turned 23 in August allegedly struck the 17-year-old during a pickup basketball game at the point guard’s house and he was fouled 12 or 13 times.
Police confirmed that Morant and a companion punched him so hard that a “big knot” appeared on the side of his head.
He allegedly told Shelby County Sheriff’s Office officers that when he returned home after the incident he walked into his hand on a pistol that was visible in the waistband of his jeans.
He also claimed the adolescent threatened his family saying “I’m going to come back and burn this house up like fireworks” and filed a police report several weeks later.
Morant is unlikely to face charges because no one was injured and no one was shot.
Is Ja Morant Guilty? Was He Suspendent?
Many NBA fans are angry about Ja Morant’s recent off-court behavior.
As we all know the Memphis Grizzlies player has been performing admirably this season leading his team to a second-place finish in the difficult Western Conference.
According to new information Ja was carrying a pistol and threatened to shoot the youngster during their altercation.
This is becoming a major issue and it has the potential to derail Morant’s NBA career and legacy. Fans yelled at Morant “Arrest and suspend the thug!” for his behavior.
It appears to be the top priority for NBA fans. Ja and a 17-year-old boy who has not been identified appear to have been playing basketball.
Things became heated and the child was accused of creating a hostile environment by tossing the basketball at Morant.
That was Ja’s justification for beating up the youngster and punching him several times for his actions.
While some of us were already aware of this we now know that things between both sides escalated significantly during this incident.
For the time being, the prosecution appears to agree with Ja and does not appear to be filing charges on his behalf.
After all, if he tossed the ball first it’s impossible to deny that the youngster was an instigator rather than a victim in this incident.
