The NBA ha reopened an investigation into the Jaxson Hayes caseplayer today at the Los Angeles Lakers and arrested in 2021 on charges of domestic violence when he played for the New Orleans Pelicans, to the detriment of his then girlfriend Sofia Jamora.
Il July 28, 2021 the police intervened in Woodland Hills, California, following a reporting call, during a argument between Hayes and Jamora outside their home. The officers had immobilized the player also using a taseras emerged from the videos of the bodycams worn by the police. At his domestic violence trial, Jaxson Hayes was sentenced in 2022 to 3 years of probation and 450 hours of community service and correctional classes for domestic and family violence cases. Hayes had 12 different charges pending.
Today the NBA reopened its investigation into the case after TMZ published a new video, about 5 minutes of footage from the evening of July 28, 2021. In the new video, taken by the cameras of video surveillance of the house, you can see Jaxson Hayes pushes Jamora out the front door while the woman protests, and the two outside the house while the lite. At one point, Sofia Jamora says: “I won’t let you hit me again, what am I, some kind of punchball?” Hayes then turns away from the woman, then turns back to her and spit in his direction.
New elements that pushed the NBA to investigate further. At the time, the league he had not taken any disciplinary measures against the player, who after his arrest had also needed medical attention due to the treatment meted out to him by the agents. Hayes had “resisted arrest” in the police reconstruction. “In light of the new video evidence that has emerged, we will reopen an internal investigation” said NBA spokesman Mark Bass. Even i Los Angeles Lakersin which Hayes has played since 2023, confirmed “to be aware” of the league’s decision to reopen the case and said they were willing to cooperation with the NBA.
