Bridges agrees to deal in domestic violence case

LOS ANGELES -- Charlotte Hornets restricted escaped cause Miles Bridges pleaded nary contention to a felony home unit complaint Thursday greeting successful Los Angeles Superior Court and was sentenced to 3 years of probation, but nary jailhouse time, arsenic portion of a woody with prosecutors.

The no-contest plea means Bridges, who was contiguous successful court, is accepting the punishment and the condemnation without formally admitting guilt successful the case. Bridges was accused of assaulting his then-girlfriend successful beforehand of their 2 children successful May. In July, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon's bureau filed 3 felony charges against Bridges, who initially pleaded not blameworthy to each three.

On Thursday, Bridges' lawyer and the DA's bureau reached an statement that helium plead nary contention to 1 felony number of injuring a child's genitor and that the different 2 counts beryllium dismissed. The felony charges besides included "an allegation of causing large bodily wounded connected the home unit victim," and that allegation was dismissed arsenic portion of the plea agreement.

The 2 dismissed counts were charges of kid maltreatment nether circumstances oregon conditions apt to origin large bodily wounded oregon death. The DA's July merchandise said the children were contiguous for the alleged battle but did not different specify what the kid maltreatment counts stemmed from.

During his three-year probation, Bridges, 24, volition beryllium required to implicit 52 weeks of home unit counseling and 52 weeks of parenting classes, service 100 hours of assemblage work and acquisition play narcotics investigating with marijuana allowed lone if determination is simply a valid doctor's prescription. He cannot ain immoderate guns, ammunition oregon immoderate weapons. He besides volition person to wage a restitution good of $300 (with a restitution proceeding scheduled for Jan. 13) and a home unit good of $500 and obey the presumption of a 10-year protective order, staying 100 yards distant from and having nary interaction with the woman. Bridges and the pistillate support custody implicit their 2 children, and immoderate visitation oregon speech of children indispensable beryllium done peacefully and done a neutral 3rd party.

"We judge this solution was the champion avenue to clasp Mr. Bridges accountable for his conduct," the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said successful a statement. "We besides recognize done the victim's representatives that the unfortunate wanted an expedited solution of the case. The unfortunate and her representatives were consulted astir the projected solution and agreed with the result of the case."

Bridges' lawyer declined comment.

At the moment, Bridges remains unsigned, but if helium were to motion with a team, the NBA, nether the corporate bargaining agreement, has the close to suspend, fine, disregard oregon disqualify him from immoderate further relation from the league due to the fact that helium pleaded nary contest.

An NBA spokesperson said Thursday that the league continues to reappraisal the matter.

The Hornets said successful a connection they "will proceed to stitchery accusation earlier determining immoderate imaginable adjacent steps."

Bridges was arrested June 29 by Los Angeles constabulary and released connected $130,000 bond.

Before his arrest, the Hornets had extended the 6-foot-7 Bridges a qualifying offer, which allows them a accidental to lucifer immoderate connection expanse helium signs with different team. Last play was his 4th successful the NBA.

ESPN's Bobby Marks contributed to this report.