Jevon Porter, a former Pepperdine standout and the youthful brother of Denver Nuggets star Michael Porter Jr., was arrested Friday night time in Missouri on suspicion of DWI, Missouri State Sgt. Kyle Inexperienced confirmed to ESPN.
Porter, 20, was launched on summons and never booked into jail in Boone County, the place the incident occurred, based on Inexperienced. The information of Porter’s arrest was first reported by Energy Mizzou.
In accordance with Inexperienced, Porter was stopped for dashing earlier than his DWI arrest. Porter, a 6-foot-11 ahead, not too long ago transferred from Pepperdine to Loyola Marymount. He averaged 16.2 factors and 5.9 rebounds per recreation final season.
Loyola Marymount stated it’s trying into Porter’s scenario.
“We’re conscious of current studies within the media and are gathering details about the matter,” the college stated in a press release to ESPN.
The arrest comes two weeks after Porter’s older brother, Jontay Porter, a two-way participant for the Toronto Raptors, was banned from the NBA after an investigation confirmed that he wager on video games, influenced the end result of bets and offered confidential info to bettors. In a press release, NBA commissioner Adam Silver stated Jontay Porter’s “blatant violations of our gaming guidelines are being met with probably the most extreme punishment.”
Days later, one other of Jevon Porter’s older brothers, Coban Porter, a former participant at Denver, was sentenced to 6 years in jail for a drunk-driving crash that killed a lady in Colorado final yr. Coban Porter, based on police data, had a blood alcohol degree of 0.19, greater than twice the authorized restrict, when he ran a crimson gentle and slammed right into a car, killing Kathy Limon Rothman and severely injuring her passenger. He acquired a two-year sentence for injuring Rothman’s passenger however will serve the sentences concurrently.