Brooklyn Nets forward Rodions Kurucs appeared before a judge on Tuesday morning for a third hearing in his domestic violence case in which he is accused of choking his girlfriend during an argument at the couple’s apartment this past summer.
The 6-foot-9, Latvia-born baller came to Brooklyn Criminal Court dressed in a dark blue plaid suit with brown leather dress shoes. He was the first defendant called to appear before Brooklyn Criminal Court Judge Kerry Ward, and he seemed to wince as a court officer mangled the pronunciation of his name as he announced it to a full courtroom.