SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Authorities arrested Sacramento Kings forward Ron Artest on Monday after a woman called 911 from his home saying she had been assaulted, Placer County sheriff’s officials said.
Deputies responded to Artest’s five-acre estate in the Sacramento suburb of Loomis about 9:30 a.m., where they found a woman who had suffered injuries, officials said. She declined medical attention.
Deputies arrested Artest on suspicion of domestic violence and using force or violence to prevent his victim from reporting a crime, sheriff’s spokeswoman Dena Erwin said.
“He and the female were in the house and separated,” Erwin said. “The deputies interviewed them and took Mr. Artest into custody.”
Artest was booked into the Placer County Jail and released later on $50,000 bail.
Erwin said she could not disclose the woman’s injuries or characterize her relationship to the player.