The emergency protective order (EPO) filed against former University of Kentucky basketball star and current NBA player Rajon Rondo has been dismissed.
The order, originally granted in mid-May, was dismissed on June 16 by Jefferson Family Court Judge Angela Johnson, according to court documents, media outlets report. No other details were provided on the dismissal or a possible settlement.
A Louisville woman filed for the EPO against Rondo while alleging he brandished a gun and threatened her life.
The woman said in the EPO that Rondo was playing video games with a child when she asked the child to finish separating his laundry so she could wash the family’s clothes.
When the child got up to do so, she said Rondo ripped the video game console out of the wall, went downstairs, smashed a teacup plate, knocked over several water bottles and began yelling and cursing. According to the EPO, Rondo then went outside and knocked over the trash cans, stomped on the landscaping lights and drove his car onto the lawn.
When the woman confronted Rondo, the EPO continued, he said, “You’re dead.” After briefly leaving the house, Rondo came back and beat on a window with a gun. The woman said in the EPO that the player was yelling at the kids, asking them why they were scared of him while he had a gun in his hand.
The woman called former interim Louisville Metro Police chief Yvette Gentry, who eventually arrived at the house. However, the woman said Rondo wouldn’t allow Gentry inside. The woman said she locked herself in the house with the kids, and Gentry eventually told her Rondo had left and she had his gun.
Two days after the alleged incident occurred, a judge granted the woman the protective order. The judge ordered Rondo not to communicate and to stay at least 500 feet away from her.
Rondo is originally from Louisville and attended Eastern High School for three years. He transferred to Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia, for his senior year. He played two seasons at the University of Kentucky (2004-2006) before being drafted 21st overall in the 2006 NBA draft by the Phoenix Suns. The Suns then traded Rondo’s rights to the Boston Celtics.
After spending his first 7.5 NBA seasons with the Celtics, Rondo became a journeyman, playing for eight teams since leaving Boston in the middle of the 2014-2015 season.
Rondo still holds the UK single-season steals record with 87 in the 2005 season, his freshman year with the Wildcats.
The Associated Press and Ken Howlett, News Director
