NBA player Sterling Brown was attacked outside this Miami strip club, cops say
A NBA player’s night out on the town in Miami ended badly in the wee hours of Monday morning.
That’s when Houston Rockets guard Sterling Brown was slashed in the face with a broken bottle outside Booby Trap On the River, according to a Miami-Dade police report obtained by The Houston Chronicle.
According to the report, officers responded to a disturbance call around 6:30 a.m. Monday, encountering the six-foot-five Illinois native in the parking lot with “multiple lacerations throughout his body.”
The report says the 26-year-old was with another man but neither wanted to give a statement and the basketball player refused medical treatment.
The Houston Chronicle reports that Brown was attacked from behind.
The Rockets, which played the Miami Heat Monday night, released a statement soon after the incident:
“Last night, Sterling Brown was the victim of an assault. He had no prior knowledge of or interaction with the assailants. He suffered facial lacerations but will make a full recovery.”
Brown did not play that night, but had already been listed as on the bench for an ongoing knee injury.
Brown signed with the Houston Rockets last year in free agency after spending the first three seasons of his NBA career with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Back when he was with the team in 2018, Brown sued the city of Milwaukee after getting Tasered and arrested during a disturbing encounter that stemmed from a parking violation. Last November, he won $750,000 in the lawsuit, claiming excessive force and saying his civil rights were violated.
This story was originally published April 21, 2021 at 4:02 PM.
