LOS ANGELES — New Orleans Pelicans middle Jaxson Hayes was sentenced Tuesday to 3 years of probation, 450 hours of neighborhood service and a 12 months of weekly home violence courses for a scuffle with officers responding to a home violence name final summer season in Los Angeles.
The sentencing comes after Hayes — the eighth general pick of Texas within the 2019 NBA draft — pleaded no contest on Feb. 24 to misdemeanor counts of false imprisonment and resisting an officer.
Hayes, 22, additionally will probably be ordered to pay yet-to-be-determined restitution, mentioned Los Angeles Metropolis Lawyer’s Workplace spokesman Rob Wilcox.
Hayes was arrested on July 28, 2021, when police responded to a 3 a.m. home disturbance name.
Police physique digicam video confirmed Hayes struggling with officers and being hit twice with an digital stun gun after they ordered him out of the house whereas they sought to query a lady inside.
Hayes advised officers the lady was his girlfriend and that she had been “throwing some stuff” at him whereas they argued.
Hayes was handled at a hospital after the altercation. An officer thrown in opposition to a wall by Hayes was handled for an elbow damage.
Hayes performed in 70 video games for the Pelicans final season, beginning 28. He averaged 9.3 factors and 4.5 rebounds.
Particulars on the timeline for Hayes to finish his neighborhood service requirement weren’t instantly accessible, however he could carry out it the place he lives as a substitute of in Los Angeles, Wilcox mentioned. The 52-week home violence courses could be taken on-line and Hayes has elected to do this, Wilcox mentioned.