Ja Morant pal arrested in connection to assault incident at NBA star’s residence

A longtime shut good friend of Ja Morant was arrested on Wednesday for misdemeanor assault on a youngster on the residence of the Memphis Grizzlies star in an incident that has drawn Morant into an ongoing civil lawsuit. 

Davonte Pack is scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday morning for his function within the July 26, 2022, altercation wherein Morant is alleged to have hit Joshua Holloway, then 17, throughout a pickup sport on the NBA participant’s residence in suburban Memphis.

ESPN obtained the arrest warrant for Pack, issued final week by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Workplace, that said that Morant’s good friend admitted to placing Holloway through the altercation in a Might 2023 deposition that was a part of the civil go well with. 

“Investigators have been supplied with medical data dated July 27, 2022 that present Holloway sustained bodily damage to incorporate a hematoma to the scalp, sore jaw and complications within the space of the place Pack struck him,” the warrant additionally indicated. 

In an announcement to ESPN, the Shelby County District Lawyer’s Workplace stated that Pack was charged with “Easy Assault in relation to the July 2022 altercation involving Mr. Pack, Memphis Grizzlies basketball participant Ja Morant, and a juvenile basketball participant at Mr. Morant’s residence in Eads.”

Authorities had not been conscious of Pack’s id since Holloway solely referred to Pack by a nickname and an announcement to authorities by Morant didn’t disclose Pack’s title.

He was later recognized, in line with court docket paperwork reported on by ESPN, when authorities got data pointing to his id after which obtained his deposition testimony the place he admitted to hitting Halloway. 

No criminal charges have been filed against Morant in relation to the incident. 

Pack’s title has come up in a number of off-the-court incidents involving Morant.

Pack had been banned from Grizzlies home games after he needed to be faraway from his courtside seat throughout a sport in opposition to the Indiana Pacers after he obtained right into a “verbal sparring” with among the gamers. 

Pack was additionally the one who live-streamed on Instagram video of Morant flashing a gun in May, which obtained the NBA participant suspended for 25 video games.