Ex-NBA star Matt Barnes dropped his authorized battle together with his fiancée Anasa Sims’ ex-husband — months after he spit on the person throughout a verbal altercation, RadarOnline.com has realized.
In accordance with court docket paperwork obtained by RadarOnline.com, Barnes failed to point out as much as a court docket listening to this week the place he was set to argue for a everlasting restraining order towards Sims’ ex David Patterson Jr.
Again in January, Barnes and Patterson obtained right into a heated confrontation at a Cowboys vs. 49ers soccer recreation.
Barnes claimed Patterson approached him and began threatening him. He stated Sims’ ex even shoved him at one level. In a video from the occasion, Barnes could possibly be seen spitting on Patterson.
Bystanders separated the 2 and the scenario didn’t flip violent. Days later, Barnes requested the court docket to grant him a restraining order claiming Patterson was the aggressor.
The ex-NBA star stated Patterson, “hunted me down and aggressively confronted me.”
He stated Patterson screamed curse phrases at him and known as him identify. At one level, he stated Sim’s ex had the group shouting Barnes identify unexpectedly.
Barnes claimed that Patterson, “shoved me, and I used to be pressured to push him off of me.”
“I didn’t need the altercation to bodily escalate additional, and out of frustration with him in search of me out and his unrelenting repeated harassment I spit in his route in disgust,” he added.
Sources stated police have been known as to the scene and Barnes was listed because the suspect. In court docket paperwork, Barnes stated Patterson was “jealous of my relationship together with his ex-wife.”
A choose issued a brief restraining order prohibiting Patterson from coming inside 100 yards of the ex-NBA star. Nevertheless, the order has now been dissolved as a result of Barnes not displaying as much as court docket this week.
For her half, Sims spoke out in protection of her fiancé. She stated, “David has stated in textual content message not too long ago that he was going to finish Matt’s podcast and ESPN profession, so after I realized concerning the altercation at Levi stadium, I knew David was attempting to bait Matt into hitting him. My ex-husband had simply despatched cops to our dwelling days earlier than that recreation on false scheduled go to claims. It’s public data that Matt is a large 69ers fan, and David knew Matt can be on the recreation.”