Amar'e Stoudemire avoids domestic violence charges / News - Basketnews.com

Amare Stoudemire, who was arrested for allegedly punching and slapping one of his teenage daughters in December, won't be charged with domestic violence.

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A battery case against former NBA player Amar'e Stoudemire related to an alleged incident involving his daughter last month has been dropped, a Florida state's attorney said Tuesday.

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"The case was dropped due to the failure of the victim to cooperate in the prosecution of the criminal case," the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office said in a statement.

Stoudemire, 40, a six-time NBA All-Star who retired from the league in 2016 to move to Israel with Hapoel Jerusalem and Maccabi Tel Aviv, said immediately after his arrest in mid-December that a full probe would show he's innocent.

"Today, I’m grateful that after a full investigation, all charges were dismissed," Stoudemire said in a statement. "My faith in the goodness we all possess has never wavered and has never been greater."

Authorities have not identified the alleged victim. The Miami Herald reported Stoudemire has two daughters. The affidavit does not make clear which one the authorities believe was the victim.

An arrest affidavit alleged he attacked his daughter because she was being disrespectful to her grandmother.

Police who responded to Stoudemire's Miami-Dade County home Dec. 18 said he told them his daughter had received a whooping from him for being disrespectful and a liar.

Stoudemire is alleged to have slapped her and punched her in the jaw, causing a bloody nose, according to the police document. Officers said that they "observed blood stains" on his daughter's sweater and pants and that her mother showed them a picture of the girl crying with blood running down her face.

Stoudemire then went silent under his constitutional right to do so, the affidavit states. He posted a $1,500 bond on a misdemeanor battery charge and was freed the day of his arrest.

After his arrest, Stoudemire said his Jewish faith would pre-empt his ever doing anything so violent. He said Tuesday that "this chapter" in his life, in which his "family’s world was turned upside down," was now closed.

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