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Lakers’ Jordan Hill Charged With Third-Degree Felony For Allegedly Choking Girlfriend

Jordan Hill was coming into his own. A week ago, he had his best outing as a Laker to date, putting up 14 points and 15 rebounds in a win over the Thunder, and opened the playoffs yesterday with a double-double against the Nuggets.

Just as his emergence was looking like a feel-good story, though, came news today that he’s facing charges on accusations of choking his girlfriend of two years. The alleged incident took place on February 29, before the Rockets traded Hill to the Lakers. It’s a third-degree felony charge, and if convicted, Hill could face up to 10 years in prison. The details from court documents, as you’d expect, don’t sound good:

Hill’s girlfriend says she flew into Houston from Florida to see him and they got into an argument while discussing their future. During the argument, she says she threw his cell phones to the floor. She told police that Hill then punched her in the legs, grabbed her, pulled her off the couch and dragged her to where the phones were, and threw her against the wall.

Court documents state Hill demanded that she pick up his phones, and when she turned away from him, Hill grabbed her from behind and put her in a chokehold in which she couldn’t breathe.

The Lakers declined to comment on the situation to TMZ, though Hill’s tweeted a couple times in the last couple hours, apparently shortly after the news came out, saying only “Wowwwww” and “Unbelievable!!!!!!!!” So, assuming those are about the accusations, safe to say Hill doesn’t think they’re warranted. Hopefully for his sake they’re not – otherwise, what was shaping up as a really promising end of the season for Hill might be lost in an ugly off-court mess.

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