Former Duke and NBA player Kyle Singler has been charged with assault in Oklahoma.
Haskell County deputies said Singler and his girlfriend were staying at an Airbnb in Whitefield, in eastern Oklahoma, when he allegedly tried to rape her, grabbed her and pushed her down last Thursday.
Mitch Dobbs, with the Haskell County Sheriff’s Office, told News 9 that the woman had marks on her face consistent with Singler’s handprints. Singler, 37, appeared to be under the influence of narcotics and refused to cooperate with investigators, he said.
A toddler in the home at the time of the incident was deemed safe. The alleged victim told deputies she shares the young child with Singler.
Singler was booked at the county jail on a misdemeanor assault charge and later released on $6,000 bond. He was formally charged Tuesday with one misdemeanor count of assault and battery in the presence of a child.
The incident came less than a year after Singler made a series of bizarre Instagram posts in which he claimed he feared for his life and that his “community” was conspiring against him.
“I have been mistreated and abused, neglected, made into a mental example,” Singler said in a short video. “I fear for my life every day. And people in my community make me look out as if I’m going to be someone that’s going to be a problem and make things difficult for people when I’m only trying to be helpful.”
A high school All-American in Oregon, Singler starred at Duke University for four seasons, winning the NCAA championship in 2010. He was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the second round of the 2011 NBA Draft, where he played parts of three seasons before being traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
After the 2018 season, Singler played professionally in Spain and the Canary Islands before retiring from basketball for personal reasons in the fall of 2019.