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Police: Dodgers' Bradley choked his pregnant wife
Redondo Beach officers went to outfielder's house three times because of reports of domestic violence. No charges have been filed.
Police have responded to the Redondo Beach home of Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Milton Bradley three times this summer on domestic violence calls, including one instance in which he allegedly choked his pregnant wife, bloodied her lip and hurled a cellular telephone into a wall.
The record of domestic discord is the latest revelation to dog the embattled center fielder, who last year was ordered to undergo anger management sessions following his suspension for charging a fan in the stands. Bradley recently ignited controversy when he said second baseman Jeff Kent could not deal with black people.
On Monday, Bradley -- out for the season with a knee injury and not accompanying the team to Chicago -- angrily dispatched a reporter from his driveway.
"You come here snooping around," he yelled from his upstairs balcony. "Get off my property. Write that down. Get off my property."
No charges were filed against Bradley or his wife stemming from any of the three police responses. In two of the cases, police officers counseled the couple. In a third, Bradley was not home when police arrived.
A police report was submitted to the district attorney's branch office in Torrance, but prosecutor Mary Suzukawa rejected filing charges against Bradley. She declined to comment.
Police reports obtained Monday by the Daily Breeze showed the couple had repeated arguments at their Maria Avenue home. The couple purchased the 3,600-square-foot, two-story house in May for $1.75 million, property records show.
A police dispatcher's report on June 28 showed the Redondo Beach Police Department received a 911 call from the house at 12:30 a.m. The caller hung up, but a dispatcher called back.
According to the report, Bradley identified himself as a professional baseball player and said his wife had battered him because she suspected him of cheating on her. He described her as upset and said she hit him and scratched him.
Redondo Beach police Sgt. Phil Keenan said officers responded to the residence and counseled the couple.
Police returned to the house July 11 when Bradley's wife ran to a neighbor's home to seek help during an argument.
"She was crying," the neighbor said Monday. "She said, 'Can I use your phone?' "
The neighbor said he showed her to the phone and moved away, not wanting anything to do with the domestic dispute.
The 6-foot-tall, 220-pound Bradley was not home when police arrived, an officer's report said.
Bradley's wife, who was four months pregnant at the time, told officers she and her husband had argued about "relationship issues." Bradley, she said, grabbed her right hand and pushed it against her mouth, causing her to hit herself. The inside of her lip began to bleed, the crime report said.
He then grabbed her cellular telephone from a bedroom table and threw it toward a wall. The phone hit a headboard, struck the wall and shattered into several pieces, the report said.
Bradley picked up the phone and walked into the hallway, followed by his wife.
"Victim said her husband turned around and used his right forearm and pushed her against the wall," an officer wrote. "Victim stated (Bradley's) forearm was against her throat and she was having a difficult time breathing."
When Bradley let go of her, she ran to the bathroom and vomited.
"Victim said her husband went around the house and picked up all the cell phones, house phones, her car keys and credit cards and left the location," the report said.
A police officer said Bradley's wife was crying and upset when she answered the door. Her lip was bleeding.
Officers found a scuff mark on the headboard and a small dent in the drywall above the bed from where the cellular telephone hit, the report said.
Keenan, who also responded to the call and took pictures of the woman, said Bradley's wife had a cut lip.
"Had (Bradley) been there we would have arrested him for spousal abuse," Keenan said.
Instead, a report was taken and a domestic violence investigation was opened.
On July 30, Bradley called police to report a family fight, a police dispatch report showed. Bradley spoke to a dispatcher as a woman grabbed onto the phone. The dispatcher wrote in her report that a "female could be heard crying in the background."
Police responded and again counseled the couple. The case was added to the previous reports for investigation.
As his teammates defeated the Chicago Cubs on Monday, Bradley stood shirtless on his balcony and initially denied that police were called to his house.
Told police reports revealed otherwise, he snapped, "It's none of your business."
Bradley, hitting .290 with 13 home runs and 38 RBIs in an injury-riddled season, might never play for the Dodgers again.
He was placed on the disabled list Aug. 24 when doctors discovered an 80 percent tear of the patellar tendon in his left knee. He faces surgery.
Bradley had been facing possible discipline for ignoring Manager Jim Tracy's order to keep a dispute with Kent within the team and away from reporters.
But Bradley publicly criticized Kent's leadership, accusing him of not communicating well with blacks and spending too much time on his own.
"There is a pattern to the things that have been said," Bradley told reporters. "He doesn't know how to deal with African-American people."
Bradley at the time denied that he was the troublemaker.
"I love baseball to death, but it's not my life," he said. "My life is working to put food on the table for my wife and my son, coming in December. ... You can read between the lines and see who's had problems with teammates; never me."
Bradley, a Long Beach native who was drafted out of Long Beach Polytechnic High School, was traded to the Dodgers from the Cleveland Indians before the 2004 season after troubles with manager Eric Wedge.
Bradley was ordered by the Dodgers to undergo anger management classes following several high-profile clashes. He spent three days in jail following a dispute with police in Ohio, was suspended for going into the stands after a fan who threw a bottle at him, and engaged in a heated dispute with a Los Angeles Times reporter.
Team officials have supported Bradley during his two seasons with the club. His injury was diagnosed the same day owner Frank McCourt and General Manager Paul DePodesta met with himto discuss his comments and possibly suspend him.
The injury made any discipline moot. Bradley is eligible for salary arbitration at the end of the season. If the team decides not to offer it to him, he would become a free agent.
Source: dailybreeze.com
Police have responded to the Redondo Beach home of Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Milton Bradley three times this summer on domestic violence calls, including one instance in which he allegedly choked his pregnant wife, bloodied her lip and hurled a cellular telephone into a wall.
The record of domestic discord is the latest revelation to dog the embattled center fielder, who last year was ordered to undergo anger management sessions following his suspension for charging a fan in the stands. Bradley recently ignited controversy when he said second baseman Jeff Kent could not deal with black people.
On Monday, Bradley -- out for the season with a knee injury and not accompanying the team to Chicago -- angrily dispatched a reporter from his driveway.
"You come here snooping around," he yelled from his upstairs balcony. "Get off my property. Write that down. Get off my property."
No charges were filed against Bradley or his wife stemming from any of the three police responses. In two of the cases, police officers counseled the couple. In a third, Bradley was not home when police arrived.
A police report was submitted to the district attorney's branch office in Torrance, but prosecutor Mary Suzukawa rejected filing charges against Bradley. She declined to comment.
Police reports obtained Monday by the Daily Breeze showed the couple had repeated arguments at their Maria Avenue home. The couple purchased the 3,600-square-foot, two-story house in May for $1.75 million, property records show.
A police dispatcher's report on June 28 showed the Redondo Beach Police Department received a 911 call from the house at 12:30 a.m. The caller hung up, but a dispatcher called back.
According to the report, Bradley identified himself as a professional baseball player and said his wife had battered him because she suspected him of cheating on her. He described her as upset and said she hit him and scratched him.
Redondo Beach police Sgt. Phil Keenan said officers responded to the residence and counseled the couple.
Police returned to the house July 11 when Bradley's wife ran to a neighbor's home to seek help during an argument.
"She was crying," the neighbor said Monday. "She said, 'Can I use your phone?' "
The neighbor said he showed her to the phone and moved away, not wanting anything to do with the domestic dispute.
The 6-foot-tall, 220-pound Bradley was not home when police arrived, an officer's report said.
Bradley's wife, who was four months pregnant at the time, told officers she and her husband had argued about "relationship issues." Bradley, she said, grabbed her right hand and pushed it against her mouth, causing her to hit herself. The inside of her lip began to bleed, the crime report said.
He then grabbed her cellular telephone from a bedroom table and threw it toward a wall. The phone hit a headboard, struck the wall and shattered into several pieces, the report said.
Bradley picked up the phone and walked into the hallway, followed by his wife.
"Victim said her husband turned around and used his right forearm and pushed her against the wall," an officer wrote. "Victim stated (Bradley's) forearm was against her throat and she was having a difficult time breathing."
When Bradley let go of her, she ran to the bathroom and vomited.
"Victim said her husband went around the house and picked up all the cell phones, house phones, her car keys and credit cards and left the location," the report said.
A police officer said Bradley's wife was crying and upset when she answered the door. Her lip was bleeding.
Officers found a scuff mark on the headboard and a small dent in the drywall above the bed from where the cellular telephone hit, the report said.
Keenan, who also responded to the call and took pictures of the woman, said Bradley's wife had a cut lip.
"Had (Bradley) been there we would have arrested him for spousal abuse," Keenan said.
Instead, a report was taken and a domestic violence investigation was opened.
On July 30, Bradley called police to report a family fight, a police dispatch report showed. Bradley spoke to a dispatcher as a woman grabbed onto the phone. The dispatcher wrote in her report that a "female could be heard crying in the background."
Police responded and again counseled the couple. The case was added to the previous reports for investigation.
As his teammates defeated the Chicago Cubs on Monday, Bradley stood shirtless on his balcony and initially denied that police were called to his house.
Told police reports revealed otherwise, he snapped, "It's none of your business."
Bradley, hitting .290 with 13 home runs and 38 RBIs in an injury-riddled season, might never play for the Dodgers again.
He was placed on the disabled list Aug. 24 when doctors discovered an 80 percent tear of the patellar tendon in his left knee. He faces surgery.
Bradley had been facing possible discipline for ignoring Manager Jim Tracy's order to keep a dispute with Kent within the team and away from reporters.
But Bradley publicly criticized Kent's leadership, accusing him of not communicating well with blacks and spending too much time on his own.
"There is a pattern to the things that have been said," Bradley told reporters. "He doesn't know how to deal with African-American people."
Bradley at the time denied that he was the troublemaker.
"I love baseball to death, but it's not my life," he said. "My life is working to put food on the table for my wife and my son, coming in December. ... You can read between the lines and see who's had problems with teammates; never me."
Bradley, a Long Beach native who was drafted out of Long Beach Polytechnic High School, was traded to the Dodgers from the Cleveland Indians before the 2004 season after troubles with manager Eric Wedge.
Bradley was ordered by the Dodgers to undergo anger management classes following several high-profile clashes. He spent three days in jail following a dispute with police in Ohio, was suspended for going into the stands after a fan who threw a bottle at him, and engaged in a heated dispute with a Los Angeles Times reporter.
Team officials have supported Bradley during his two seasons with the club. His injury was diagnosed the same day owner Frank McCourt and General Manager Paul DePodesta met with himto discuss his comments and possibly suspend him.
The injury made any discipline moot. Bradley is eligible for salary arbitration at the end of the season. If the team decides not to offer it to him, he would become a free agent.
Source: dailybreeze.com
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