Ehe player of the New Orleans Pelicans, Jaxson Hayeshas been sentenced to three years probation, 450 hours of community service, and one year of weekly domestic violence classes for an altercation carried out against the police that I went to a call for notice of a fight maid at her home in Los Angeles.
The sentence comes after Hayes, chosen as number 8 in the 2019 Draft, declared himself on February 24 in disagreement to the minor charges of false arrest and resisting a police officer. Hayes will also have to pay compensation still to be estimated.
the player of the Pelicans He was arrested on July 28, 2021 when the police responded to a call alarming domestic disturbances in his residence at around three in the morning.
The images of the cameras that the police officers wore on their uniforms show Hayes resisting arrest and several struggles with the officers that ended up hitting the player in a couple of times with a stun gunafter being ordered to leave the house, unsuccessfully, trying to question the woman who was in the residence.
Hayes told the police that the woman was his girlfriend and that she had been throwing things at him in the middle of an argument between them. After the arrest, Hayes was treated at a hospital for injuries from the fight and an officer, thrown by the player against a wall, had to be treated for an elbow injury.
In the last season, Jaxson Hayes played in 70 games with the Pelicans of which he started in 28. He finished with 9.3 points and 4.5 rebounds on average. It is not yet known when Hayes’ community service will begin, although his attorney talks about being able to do it all when he is living in Los Angeles without disrupting his sports schedule. The domestic violence classes (52 weeks), he will take them online, which is the option that the player has chosen.
