Charge: Domestic assault

Arrest Date: November 25, 2002

Franchise: Portland Trailblazers

Age 27

Details: Patterson allegedly assaulted his wife Shannon inside of his Oregon home.  She called 911 and officers found evidence of ‘minor assault’ injuries and placed Patterson under arrest.  This was his third violent-crime arrest in less than three years, including the attempted rape of his nanny the previous year.

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