Former NBA star Patrick Beverley has opened up about his November 2025 assault arrest.
“Like, a part of me understands [the controversy], right?” Beverley, 37, said in a new video addressing his arrest. “If I’m outside looking in and I’m reading something — you know, big bold headline, mug shot — I get it. But I would never hurt my sister.”
He added, “I just can’t wait for the truth to come out.”
The vlog features footage shot the day after his November 2025 arrest on suspicion of assault family violence and offers his side of the story. Per Beverley, he was called to his mother’s home because his 15-year-old sister was in her room with an 18-year-old boyfriend.
“I go over there and [my mom] explains that my sister is not in the house when she’s supposed to be,” he said in the vlog. “The same situation happened last year … someone called the police on my mom, CPS got involved, and they threatened to take my sister. So this isn’t something that just happened overnight.”
He went on, “It’s been a constant battle dealing with a young teenager who’s in love. We get it — be in love. I love that your love is so organic, so pure, so strong and so loyal. But just wait until you’re 16. You’re growing up too fast, if you know what I mean?”
The basketball star said his sister’s boyfriend “was cool” during their confrontation and thus he opted not to file criminal charges against the teenager.
“I made sure that didn’t happen because I didn’t want to mess up [the boyfriend’s] life,” Beverley insisted. “He walks out the door and my sister runs up behind him. I grab her by her hoodie … not the hood on the back, but [the front] — like, ‘Where are you going?’ I’m heated. I leave the house following the young man outside.”
The athlete continued, “I guess he called law enforcement. Police come … and [I’m telling] everyone nothing happened. But I look and see them talking to my sister. My mom is saying, ‘That didn’t happen. What are you saying?’ Next thing I know, I’m detained and on the way to the police car.”
Beverley explained that the incident caused huge disruption in his family’s lives because he was temporarily barred from contact with his mother and sister.
“My mom’s house is next door to mine, so it’s connected. I had to move them to the Chicago property,” he said in the footage shot last November. “I can’t see my mom. I can’t see my sister. It’s the holidays. Like, what the f***?”
FOX 26 reported last November that Beverley was arrested in Fort Bend County, Texas on suspicion of assault family violence/household impending breath, meaning that he allegedly tried to impede the breath of another person. He posted a $40,000 bond and was released from custody hours later.
On November 14, 2024, the longtime Los Angeles Clippers player went on the offensive by asking his fans not to “believe everything you see on the internet.” He later shared a statement from his lawyers to shed light on his version of events.
“Patrick Beverley has no criminal record,” his statement said. “He cares deeply about his little sister – a young lady, a minor. Given that, when he unexpectedly found her alone in the home with an 18-year-old man in the middle of the night, he was understandably concerned, as any brother would be about his sister. However, we don’t believe what followed happened the way it’s been described and we look forward to the opportunity to address that in court.”
In February, ESPN reported that a Fort Bend County grand jury declined to indict Beverley over the incident due to a lack of evidence.
“Patrick wants everyone to know that he would never do anything to harm his sister and that he is very grateful that the grand jury has recognized that with their no-bill,” Beverley’s attorneys, Rusty Hardin and Letitia Quinones-Hollins, told the outlet on February 23. “He is thankful for all who prayed for him and supported him during this time. He is glad that the process was allowed to work as it did and his hope is that with these charges behind him now, his name and reputation will be restored.”
“I am deeply grateful for all thoughts and prayers for the family,” Beverley added. “We must continue to protect our children, especially our young girls. This ordeal has truly made our family stronger. Thank you for your continued support and prayers.”
Beverley played 12 seasons in the NBA, most notably for the Houston Rockets from 2013 to 2017 and later with the L.A. Clippers from 2017 to 2021. He has most recently played professional basketball internationally for the Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. in Israel and PAOK Thessaloniki in Greece.
