Former NBA journeyman Matt Barnes spit on his fiancée’s ex-husband at the 49ers-Cowboys playoff on Sunday.
Video revealed by TMZ exhibits Barnes approaching David Patterson Jr. shortly earlier than kickoff, spitting on him and getting in his face. The males had been separated.
In courtroom paperwork, Barnes mentioned that Patterson was the aggressor.
TMZ additional reported that Barnes filed for a brief restraining order in Los Angeles County on Tuesday, claiming that Patterson “hunted me down and aggressively confronted me.”
Barnes mentioned that the person yelled curse phrases at him inciting the gang round them “right into a frenzy by yelling out my full identify repeatedly.”
Barnes, 42, additionally alleged that Patterson “shoved me, and I used to be compelled to push him off of me.”
Video exhibits Matt Barnes spitting on David Patterson Jr., the ex of Barnes’ fiancé Anansa Sims, at Sunday’s 49ers-Cowboys game.
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Video exhibits Matt Barnes spitting on David Patterson Jr., the ex of Barnes’ fiancé Anansa Sims, at Sunday’s 49ers-Cowboys game.
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“I didn’t need the altercation to bodily escalate additional, and out of frustration with him in search of me out and his unrelenting repeated harassment I spit in his path in disgust,” Barnes mentioned.
He added a declare that Patterson “is jealous of my relationship together with his ex-wife,” and mentioned that Patterson, a former defensive deal with at Ohio State, threatened to shoot him final yr.
Police instructed TMZ they’re investigating Barnes for alleged battery.
Matt Barnes acquired engaged to Anansa Sims in December.
Matt Barnes acquired engaged to Anansa Sims in December.
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Barnes and Anansa Sims introduced their engagement final month.
In October, Patterson’s fiancée, Melisa Andino, filed a restraining order towards Barnes, accusing him of mistreating the three youngsters shared by Patterson and Sims, in response to The Blast.
In a earlier incident in 2015, Barnes drove to Los Angeles to assault Derek Fisher, who at that point was teaching the Knicks, for courting his ex-wife Gloria Govan
Barnes performed within the NBA from 2004-17, and is at the moment the co-host of Showtime’s “All the Smoke” podcast alongside Stephen Jackson.