{"id":518762,"date":"2026-03-06T19:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T19:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/518762\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T19:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T19:24:11","slug":"wnba-star-arike-ogunbowale-arrested-after-altercation-at-miamis-e11even-nightclub-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/518762\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA star Arike Ogunbowale arrested after altercation at Miami\u2019s E11EVEN nightclub: Cops"},"content":{"rendered":"

Published:\u00a0March 6, 2026 at 1:03 PM<\/p>\n

lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand\"\"Photo Miami-Dade mugshot of Arike Ogunbowale. (MDCR\/Copyright 2026 Google) <\/p>\n

MIAMI \u2014 WNBA All-Star Arike Ogunbowale is facing a misdemeanor battery charge in South Florida following an incident at the popular E11EVEN nightclub in downtown Miami early Thursday morning, according to police.<\/p>\n

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Ogunbowale, a 29-year-old point guard for the Dallas Wings, is accused of punching a security staffer in the face as he was escorting her out of the establishment, located at 29 NE 11th St., at around 4:20 a.m. following an \u201cunrelated altercation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The punch caused the victim \u201cto fall to the ground,\u201d according to an arrest report from the Miami Police Department. <\/p>\n

The MPD report states that Ogunbowale, of Arlington, Texas, appeared to be under the influence of alcohol at the time.<\/p>\n

Entertainment news site TMZ reports<\/a> that Ogunbowale was celebrating the championship of the Unrivaled basketball club she also plays for, Mist BC, along with others on the team.<\/p>\n

Mist BC plays its games at Wayfair Arena in Medley as part of the three-on-three women\u2019s basketball league, founded in 2025.<\/p>\n

Ogunbowale, a native of Milwaukee, is a four-time WNBA All-Star and played college basketball at the University of Notre Dame.<\/p>\n

Jail records show she was released from custody on a $1,000 bond on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

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Chris Gothner joined the Local 10 News team in 2022 as a Digital Journalist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0March 6, 2026 at 1:03 PM lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpandPhoto Miami-Dade mugshot of Arike Ogunbowale. (MDCR\/Copyright 2026 Google) MIAMI \u2014 WNBA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-518762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}