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Rajon Rondo Gun Arrest Video Shows Cops Noting His NBA Career During Stop
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Cops certainly knew who they were arresting when they threw the cuffs on Rajon Rondo earlier this year … as police body cam footage, obtained by TMZ Sports, shows officers discussed his NBA career just after pulling him over.
The stop, as we previously reported, happened back on Jan. 28 in Jackson County, Indiana … after authorities alleged Rondo’s black Tesla didn’t have a license plate properly secured to its rear.
The video shows that after initially speaking with Rondo and obtaining his information … cops went back to their squad car — and chatted for a few moments about the ex-Celtics guard’s time on the hardwood.
“He’s a former basketball player,” one of the cops can be heard saying in the footage. “He played for a bunch of NBA teams.”
It should be noted … the man also added, “Not that I care, I’m just telling you.”
Later during the stop, one of the cops on the scene actually brought up Rondo’s NBA career to his face — asking him straight up, “You played in the NBA, didn’t you, buddy?”
When Rondo told him yes and for how long, the officer exclaimed, “Wow!”
Unfortunately for Rondo, his fame didn’t help him much during his run-in with the police … as he was still arrested by the cops after they said they discovered a small amount of weed, drug paraphernalia and a gun in his ride.
The 38-year-old four-time All-Star, who last played in the NBA during the 2021-22 season, was hit with three charges over the encounter … although back in September, he reached a plea deal with prosecutors to close out the case.
Rondo agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor count of unlawful carrying of a handgun … and in exchange, officials dropped the two other charges he was facing. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail … but the sentence was suspended, meaning he’ll instead spend the time on probation if he avoids any further trouble.
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Jonathan Majors and ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari settle assault and defamation case
Jonathan Majors’ former girlfriend, Grace Jabbari, has agreed to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that the actor assaulted and defamed her.
In a civil lawsuit filed in New York in March, Jabbari accused her former partner of a “pattern of pervasive domestic abuse that began in 2021 and extended through 2023.” In court documents filed in New York on Thursday, their attorneys jointly agreed to dismiss the claims against Majors with prejudice – meaning that the claims can’t be filed again.
In a statement to NPR, Jabbari’s attorney, Brad Edwards, wrote, “We are happy to announce that the meritorious lawsuit Grace Jabbari filed against Jonathan Majors was successfully settled. It took tremendous courage for Grace to pursue this case. We are happy to have helped her close this chapter favorably so that she can move forward and begin to finally heal.”
NPR has reached out to Majors’ attorneys for comment about the dismissal.
In a separate domestic violence case in 2023, Majors was convicted of misdemeanor assault and harassment charges. Prosecutors argued that Majors had attacked Jabbari, his then-girlfriend, in the back of a car in Manhattan on March 25 of that year. Later that night, he returned to their hotel and called 911 to report that he’d found Jabbari “unconscious,” but was arrested when police found her with a broken finger in addition to bruises and cuts on her body. Earlier this year, he was sentenced to probation and enrolled in a domestic violence prevention program.
Jabbari’s civil suit was filed just before Majors was sentenced in criminal court this spring. She alleged that in addition to assault and battery, Majors also defamed her, “smearing” her name following his arrest and conviction. At the time, Majors’ lawyer said they would be preparing counterclaims.
Majors had been a rising star in Hollywood, playing Kang the Conqueror in Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and starring alongside Michael B. Jordan in Creed III. He was set to portray Kang in upcoming movies, but Marvel and Disney dropped the actor following his conviction. He and actress Meagan Good announced their engagement at an event on November 17.
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More than 100,000 pounds of ground beef are recalled for possibly having E. coli
More than 100,000 pounds of ground beef are being recalled due to possibly being contaminated with E. coli, the U.S. government said this week.
Detroit-based Wolverine Packing Co. recalled nearly 170,000 pounds of ground beef it distributed to restaurants across the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said.
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture alerted the FSIS about several illnesses last week, and collected a sample of the ground beef a week later that tested positive for E.coli.
The fresh, recalled products have a “use by” date of Nov. 14, 2024, while the frozen products have a production date of Oct. 22, 2024.
Restaurants should throw those products away.
E. coli illness can “cause dehydration, bloody diarrhea and abdominal cramps 2–8 days (3–4 days, on average) after exposure [to] the organism,” the FSIS said.
In rare cases, it can cause kidney failure. Though, most people recuperate in a week or less.
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