Miles Bridges’ off-court situation has taken another ugly turn, with his ex-wife Mychelle Johnson now claiming that he tried to run her over with a golf cart during a custody exchange.
Johnson, the mother of Bridges’ children, is currently facing criminal misdemeanor charges for allegedly throwing water at the player. According to TMZ, she says those charges are nothing more than a flimsy effort to have her arrested and take her children away. In her court response, Johnson said the water-throwing incident was a reaction to Bridges allegedly trying to run her over with a golf cart in front of their kids.
Bridges first filed the complaint in North Carolina after a June 22 custody exchange. In his version of events, Johnson threw water at him and said she would do it again if the argument kept going. He then pursued criminal charges, saying he was acting to protect the safety of his children.
Johnson now says the case is being used to harass her so Bridges can gain custody of the children. Bridges reportedly has four kids with Johnson.
The dispute comes just days after the Hornets traded Bridges to the Suns in a deal centered around Grayson Allen and Royce O’Neale. The trade has not yet been made official, and because of that, neither team has commented on the situation. The report also says the move has not been finalized for other unrelated reasons, and there is no expectation of any logistical problems.
This latest filing adds to a messy history between the two. Earlier this year, Bridges was granted a temporary restraining order against Johnson after he said she harassed him with a fake pregnancy scandal and launched what he described as a “deliberate campaign of terror” by cyberstalking him.
Bridges was also suspended by the NBA for 30 games in 2023 after a domestic violence charge involving Johnson. He was originally charged with three felonies tied to that incident.
Bridges later pleaded no contest to a felony charge of injuring a child’s parent, received three years of probation, and avoided jail time. The other two felony charges were dropped.
He missed the entire 2022-23 season, and the league counted 20 games of the suspension as already served because of his involvement in the court process.
With the situation now escalating again, the legal battle between Bridges and Johnson looks as tense as ever.
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