- Kysre Gondrezick was reportedly taken to the hospital with at least one broken bone and bruising
- Incident allegedly escalated after Porter Jr was locked out of their hotel room
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Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr faces charges of second-degree assault and strangulation after he was arrested for attacking his girlfriend – the WNBA player Kysre Gondrezick – in New York.
NYPD tells the DailyMail.com when they arrived on scene the 26-year-old female had a laceration on the right side of her face and a preliminary investigation determined she was struck multiple times.
According to NBC, Gondrezick was taken to the hospital with at least one broken bone and bruising after the alleged attack, which occurred overnight Monday at the Millennium Hotel near Times Square.
Porter was taken to central booking after he was arrested and charged for assaulting her.
It’s claimed the incident escalated after Porter Jr was locked out of their hotel room. Hotel security was called before police were alerted.
Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr was taken to central booking in Manhattan after his arrest
The couple attended a star-studded New York Fashion Week kickoff party on September 7
The couple celebrated their one-year anniversary in February
The NBA player had reportedly returned from a night out in the early hours of Monday morning. Gondrezick, unhappy with how late he had come back, locked the door.
Once Porter got into the room – with the help of hotel security – he allegedly beat up Gondrezick. It is claimed by ABC that Porter is in custody of New York Police.
In a statement, the Rockets said they are ‘in the process of gathering information surrounding the matter,’ and an investigation is ongoing.
The couple was photographed celebrating the start of New York Fashion week at the Smart Tox kickoff event with Vogue on Thursday.
The star-studded event was attended by celebrities like Christina Aguilera, Lukas Gage and Haley Kalil.
This is not Porter’s first offense. In 2020, while playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Porter was arrested on a weapons charge and driving without a license.
Porter and Gondrezick have been dating since February of 2022. She posted to X, formerly Twitter, sharing photos from their one-year anniversary.
In the early stages of dating, the couple was seen together on Kysre’s Instagram live
Full name Bryan Kevin Porter Jr, he was first drafted to the NBA in 2019
Kysre comes from a family of basketball players. Both her mother and father have coached basketball teams
Gondrezick was the fourth pick in the 2021 WNBA draft when she was selected to play guard for the Indiana Fever.
She was the highest selection in program history at her alma mater, West Virginia. As well as the second player from the school to join the Fever.
Gondrezick’s father, Grant William Gondrezick, was an NBA player. He played for the Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Clippers and played professionally internationally. He served as a high school basketball coach before his death in 2021.
Her parents met in 1993 and married in 1995. Kysre’s mother, Lisa Harvey-Gondrezick is also a basketball coach.
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