Former NBA player J.R. Smith was arrested on Tuesday in Texas on a charge of assault causing bodily injury, related to family violence, according to records from the Hunt County jail.
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Currently, Smith is being held at the Hunt County Detention Center, where no bond has been set as per the jail records. His mug shot shows him looking serious in a dark jail smock, gazing directly into the camera.
Smith, who played 16 seasons in the NBA, won championships with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016 and the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020 before retiring. He later pursued his education at North Carolina A&T State University, graduating in May 2026 with a bachelor's degree in Liberal Studies after joining the university's golf team.
This is not Smith's first encounter with the law; he previously served 24 days in jail after pleading guilty to reckless driving in a 2007 incident that resulted in the death of one of his passengers.
The situation is still developing.