Reports say the mother of Ex-NBA player Corey Benjamin’s daughter has been charged in the case of her kid hitting her opponent during the AUU basketball game a few weeks ago.
Latira Shonty Hunt has been accused of telling her daughter to “hit” her opponent. Via NY Post.
The mother of a former NBA player’s daughter was charged Thursday after allegedly telling the girl to “hit” an opponent at a youth basketball tournament in California last month, prosecutors said.
The daughter listened to her mom, Latira Shonty Hunt, and sucker-punched the 15-year-old victim, who crumpled to the hardwood “like a rag doll,” Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said.
The wild, caught-on-camera spectacle went down during a tournament in the city of Garden Grove near Los Angeles.
Hunt, 44, screamed, “You better hit her for that” after her daughter fell to the floor on a prior sequence involving the victim, according to Spitzer.
Spitzer called the mother’s words the “catalyst” for the attack.
Benjamin issued an apology last month following the incident.
“As a father, I’m shocked and disappointed at my daughter’s behavior as this is not a reflection of the values and standards that my family holds,” he said.
“Nor does it exemplify the values, character and spirit of sportsmanship that the game of basketball requires.”
The mom is being charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and battery. More videos of daughter throwing haymakers at her opponents were released, so I am glad this has been nipped in the bud before someone got seriously hurt. Benjamin was not part of the egging on to fight, so that is why he hasn’t been charged with anything.
After being punched in the face, one of the kids did end up with a concussion.
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