As it turns out, Charles Barkley is a prison frequent flier. Per The Smoking Gun, the NBA Hall of Famer was arrested by Florida cops in 1997 and charged with aggravated battery and resisting arrest. Barkley was apprehended for throwing a man, who was half his (substantial) size, through a glass window. “He lifted that kid and flung him like he was a toy and threw him into the window,” an eyewitness told The Sports Rush. Another onlooker claimed Barkley told his victim as he lay bleeding out on the street, “For all I care, you can lay there and die.”
Barkley’s legal eagles worked their magic, though. According to Hornsby Law Firm, aggravated battery is “a second degree felony and punishable by up to 15 years in prison, 15 years of probation, and a $10,000 fine.” It looks like Barkley had a hotline to OJ Simpson’s dream team, though. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest. The baller was sent to the slammer, ordered to carry out community service, hand over $320 to the court in fines, and post a $6,000 bond.
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Barkley served five hours of hard time in an Orange County lockup before catching the chain back to his mansion — which didn’t allow him enough time to even eyeball a dinner and a show while sampling the chow. Meanwhile, per The Smoking Gun, Barkley was also arrested in 1992 for allegedly assaulting a Milwaukee man. But he was ultimately acquitted.
