ESPN.com · Mar 11, 2019
Jabari Bird makes plea, awaits sentencing
BROOKLINE, Mass. -- Former Boston Celtics guard Jabari Bird is awaiting sentencing after making a plea in a case accusing him of assaulting his ex-girlfriend.
The 24-year-old Bird was released on bail after the hearing Monday pending sentencing May 28.
He pleaded to sufficient facts. The plea is not an admission of guilt but acknowledges a likely conviction at trial.
Bird faced several charges in the alleged attack on the woman in September, including strangulation or suffocation, kidnapping, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
The woman said in a statement read in court that the violence started when she accused Bird of cheating.