Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. asking Manhattan DA's office to drop...

Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. asking Manhattan DA's office to drop...

Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. is asking prosecutors to drop the second-degree assault charge he faces for an alleged hotel beating of his girlfriend.

Kevin Porter Jr. asking Manhattan DA’s office to drop assault charge

Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. is requesting the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office to drop second-degree assault charges following a revelation that the alleged hotel beating of his girlfriend, former WNBA player Kysre Gondrezick, did not cause her neck fracture, as initially claimed by prosecutors. Porter, 23, was arrested on Monday for the alleged assault at the Millennium Hilton New York Hotel, but recent evidence reveals that Gon…