Shawn Kemp
Pleads Responsible To Assault Cost
… In Parking Lot Capturing Case
Printed Could 27, 2025 10:57 AM PDT
Former NBA star Shawn Kemp simply reached a plea cope with prosecutors to shut out his car parking zone capturing case, TMZ Sports activities has confirmed.
A rep for the Pierce County Prosecuting Lawyer’s Workplace tells us … Kemp appeared in court docket on Tuesday morning and pleaded responsible to a lesser cost of assault within the second diploma.
MARCH 2023
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Kemp, in fact, had been going through one rely of assault within the first diploma within the case … after regulation enforcement claimed he fired a gun throughout a March 2023 dispute in a Tacoma, Wash. shopping center car parking zone.
Kemp — a six-time All-Star — initially pleaded not responsible to the cost, stating his actions had been “self-defense” and “reasonable and legally justified.”
Kemp is now due again for sentencing within the case on August 22.
It is not fully clear how a lot time behind bars — if any — Kemp is going through … although prosecutors mentioned in an announcement Tuesday “the plea settlement between the events is for an open sentencing advice that means all sides is free to make its personal advice to the choose on the sentencing listening to.”
Kemp performed within the NBA from 1989 to 2003 — and whereas he suited up for 4 groups in his profession, he is most well-known for his time as a Seattle Supersonic.
