DJ Mbenga
12-09-2011, 03:29 PM
Shirley Lewis, the live-in girlfriend of Jazz center Al Jefferson, was arrested and booked into Salt Lake County jail late Thursday night after allegedly hitting and biting the 6-foot-10, 280-pound player.
According to a probable cause statement, a verbal argument at Jefferson’s Cottonwood Heights mansion between Lewis, 38, and Jefferson, 26, escalated to violence when she allegedly hit him and bit him on the back. Two children were present at the time, police say.
"The police department was called to a residence [Thursday] night on a report of domestic violence," said Cottonwood Heights Sgt. Dan Bartlett. "Officers arrived and determined that domestic violence was in fact committed and arrested a female."
Police would not reveal who actually made the call.
Jazz officials declined comment about the alleged assault Friday morning.
"If it is true, then it is [a] personal situation with a player and we will not be providing any statements or requesting that the player speak to the media about it," said Linda Luchetti, Jazz senior vice president of communications. "Essentially, it is not our business. Our business is basketball and that is all that we can speak to."
Lewis, listed in jail records as 5-foot-7 and 170 pounds, was booked into jail just before 9 p.m. Thursday.
She bailed out shortly thereafter, but missed her 10 a.m. arraignment in Holladay Justice Court, where she is charged with assault and domestic violence in the presence of a child, both class B misdemeanors.
http://i.imgur.com/IZPo8.png
seriously thats the best utah has to offer?
According to a probable cause statement, a verbal argument at Jefferson’s Cottonwood Heights mansion between Lewis, 38, and Jefferson, 26, escalated to violence when she allegedly hit him and bit him on the back. Two children were present at the time, police say.
"The police department was called to a residence [Thursday] night on a report of domestic violence," said Cottonwood Heights Sgt. Dan Bartlett. "Officers arrived and determined that domestic violence was in fact committed and arrested a female."
Police would not reveal who actually made the call.
Jazz officials declined comment about the alleged assault Friday morning.
"If it is true, then it is [a] personal situation with a player and we will not be providing any statements or requesting that the player speak to the media about it," said Linda Luchetti, Jazz senior vice president of communications. "Essentially, it is not our business. Our business is basketball and that is all that we can speak to."
Lewis, listed in jail records as 5-foot-7 and 170 pounds, was booked into jail just before 9 p.m. Thursday.
She bailed out shortly thereafter, but missed her 10 a.m. arraignment in Holladay Justice Court, where she is charged with assault and domestic violence in the presence of a child, both class B misdemeanors.
http://i.imgur.com/IZPo8.png
seriously thats the best utah has to offer?