Patrick Beverley hopes that with the felony assault charge behind him, his name and reputation will be restored.
Patrick Beverley has broken his silence since his release from an assault charge in February 2026 — source: Getty Images
Patrick Beverley has broken his silence since his release from an assault charge in February 2026 — source: Getty Images
Patrick Beverley has finally spoken about the incident that led to his arrest on a felony assault charge. The former NBA player was arrested in November 2025 at a home in Rosharon, Texas.
Beverley, in videos uploaded to his YouTube account on March 5, claimed that he received a call from his mother in the wee hours of the morning, telling him to come home quickly.
Upon arriving at his mom’s place, she told Beverley that his sister was refusing to heed warnings and had been visiting her boyfriend.
He then pulled his sister by her arms into a room to speak with her. Pat Bev added that he grabbed his sister by the front of her hoodie when she insisted on running after her boyfriend when he left the room.
He went outside the residence and discovered that his sister’s boyfriend had called the police.
Beverley was detained after the sister made a reportedly false statement. As he was being escorted to a police car, two other police vehicles arrived outside their home.
"And then my sister runs to the truck, like, 'No, that didn’t happen. What are you guys doing?" he recalled. "And I’m telling everybody, 'Calm down, let them do their job,' not knowing at all that I’m about to be locked up."
Berkeley described his arrest as the most "uncomfortable" and "embarrassing" event.
“Everybody got family issues,” Pat Beverley speaks on November 2025 arrest
Following Beverley’s arrest in November 2025 on a felony assault charge, the former NBA guard posted an unsigned statement that he had unexpectedly found his underage sister with an 18-year-old man.
The statement added:
"He was understandably concerned, as any brother would be about his sister. However, we don't believe what followed happened the way it's been described, and we look forward to the opportunity to address that in court."
A Fort Bend County grand jury in February 2026 declined to indict the athlete as there wasn’t sufficient evidence against him.
Beverley’s attorneys, in a statement following his release, wrote that Beverley wanted everyone to know that he would never harm his sister and was grateful to the court for recognizing that.
In Beverley’s March 5 YouTube video, he stated that he understood that people believed what the police said in their report before adding:
"Like I said, I get it. I’ll be looking at that sh** the same way, but that’s not at all what happened. Everybody got family issues."
Beverley’s last stint in the NBA was with the Milwaukee Bucks in 2024. Before that, he played with the Houston Rockets, the LA Clippers and several other teams.
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