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A 911 call from Thursday morning, when Miami Heat star LeBron James' mother was arrested after being accused of slapping a valet at the Fontainebleau Hotel, was released Friday afternoon.
The 911 call sounded much like any other request in which no one was in imminent danger.
"What exactly happened?" the 911 dispatcher asked the caller, who was a member of the hotel's security staff.
"It's a battery. A valet parking runner was struck by a patron. It was a case of battery," the security worker said.
On the ramp at the Fontainebleau as dawn approached Thursday, the arriving officer saw two people in a black SUV.
"Was it a male?" the 911 dispatcher asked the caller.
"Yes, I think two males involved," the caller said.
Actually, two women were in the car, police said. One was James' mother, Gloria James, 42. So an otherwise ho-hum arrest of someone described as drunk and agitated took on pop culture proportions.
Video of Gloria James in handcuffs in a holding room at the Miami Beach Police Department also was released. During 10 minutes of video, Gloria James went from turning her back on the arresting officer to appearing talkative and agitated. The officer wiped James' face, because she could not. Her body language became aggressive, and at one point she apparently tried to get out of the handcuffs.
The Fontainebleau valet runner Gloria James is accused of hitting in a drunken fit, Sorel Rockfeller, described his version of the events Thursday.
"She turned and she slapped me, and when she finished slapping me, she fell down on the floor," Rockfeller said.
Police said Gloria James had gotten impatient about her car.
LeBron James, the only son of a challenged single mother who managed to raise a national basketball hero, found himself her public defender.
"It's very sensitive because it's your mother, of course. Anyone that's close to you to have an incident, it's very sensitive," LeBron James said. "The people around me are helping me and are helping her, and we'll be fine."
Source: WPLG
The 911 call sounded much like any other request in which no one was in imminent danger.
Watch: "What exactly happened?" the 911 dispatcher asked the caller, who was a member of the hotel's security staff.
"It's a battery. A valet parking runner was struck by a patron. It was a case of battery," the security worker said.
On the ramp at the Fontainebleau as dawn approached Thursday, the arriving officer saw two people in a black SUV.
"Was it a male?" the 911 dispatcher asked the caller.
"Yes, I think two males involved," the caller said.
Actually, two women were in the car, police said. One was James' mother, Gloria James, 42. So an otherwise ho-hum arrest of someone described as drunk and agitated took on pop culture proportions.
Video of Gloria James in handcuffs in a holding room at the Miami Beach Police Department also was released. During 10 minutes of video, Gloria James went from turning her back on the arresting officer to appearing talkative and agitated. The officer wiped James' face, because she could not. Her body language became aggressive, and at one point she apparently tried to get out of the handcuffs.
The Fontainebleau valet runner Gloria James is accused of hitting in a drunken fit, Sorel Rockfeller, described his version of the events Thursday.
"She turned and she slapped me, and when she finished slapping me, she fell down on the floor," Rockfeller said.
Police said Gloria James had gotten impatient about her car.
LeBron James, the only son of a challenged single mother who managed to raise a national basketball hero, found himself her public defender.
"It's very sensitive because it's your mother, of course. Anyone that's close to you to have an incident, it's very sensitive," LeBron James said. "The people around me are helping me and are helping her, and we'll be fine."
Source: WPLG