Paige Bueckers went to Miami for a celebration and somehow ended up with a police Taser pointed at her face.
Apparently, even WNBA championship celebrations need a little extra drama.
Newly released bodycam footage shows the Dallas Wings star standing next to teammate Arike Ogunbowale during Ogunbowale’s arrest outside E11EVEN Miami on March 5. The incident happened around 4:20 a.m., after Ogunbowale and several WNBA players had been celebrating her Unrivaled championship.
A tense moment involving two Dallas Wings WNBA stars was caught on bodycam. Footage shows an officer pointing a Taser at Paige Bueckers as she attempted to intervene during teammate Arike Ogunbowale’s arrest, revealing just how quickly the situation escalated.… pic.twitter.com/bA4cK6HUp8
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Police officers arrested Ogunbowale, 29, in Miami in the early hours of March 5 after she allegedly punched a man at Club E11EVEN, charges she was cleared of two months later. Now, newly-released bodycam footage gives insight into the arrest, which occurred as the Unrivaled teammates celebrated their championship in Miami, PEOPLE previously confirmed.
Miami Police Department bodycam footage of the arrest obtained by The California Post and shared Tuesday, Sept. 22 shows Bueckers, 24, with her arm wrapped around Dallas Wings teammate Ogunbowale’s shoulders as police placed her under arrest amid a crowd of basketball players.
At one point, a cop pointed their taser directly at Bueckers and ordered her to let Ogunbowale go.
“We got her,” Bueckers repeatedly told police in the footage, which is time-stamped at 4:16 a.m. local time.
“Let her go,” the police officer then told Bueckers and pointed the taser in her face. He then lowered the weapon and said, “You’re gonna… I’m gonna… I will!”
One of the biggest young stars in basketball suddenly found herself in a situation that definitely was not listed on the Miami vacation itinerary.
Ogunbowale was charged with misdemeanor battery and released after posting a $1,000 bond, USA Today previously reported. Two months later, she was cleared of the charge.
The charge against Ogunbowale was dismissed after a court hearing in May. The Wings star’s attorney, Mitch Schuster, addressed the dismissal in a statement to ESPN’s Alexa Phillipou at the time.
“We are pleased that the State Attorney’s Office has exercised its discretion and elected not to move forward with this matter,” Schuster said. “Ms. Ogunbowale is a person of outstanding character, and we are excited that these charges have been dismissed so she can resume her focus on her professional career.”
The footage is a reminder that a fun night can change very quickly.
One minute, you are celebrating a championship, the next, you are looking down the barrel of a police Taser.
Miami really said the after-party needed a plot twist.
