{"id":519063,"date":"2026-03-06T22:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T22:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/519063\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T22:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T22:28:09","slug":"wnba-star-arike-ogunbowale-arrested-after-winning-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/519063\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Star Arike Ogunbowale Arrested After Winning Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was reported Friday that WNBA<\/a> star Arike Ogunbowale was arrested at a Miami nightclub.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday night, Breanna Stewart hit the game-winning free throw to secure an Unrivaled championship for the Mist. The legendary forward from UConn scored 32 points in the final against top-seeded Phantom. Ogunbowale certainly played a role in the win by scoring 19 points for her squad.<\/p>\n

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According to multiple reports, Ogunbowale was celebrating her Unrivaled championship at Miami club E11EVEN. She was ultimately arrested for allegedly punching a security guard.<\/p>\n

“The officer made contact with the alleged victim … who claimed he was attempting to escort 29-year-old Ogunbowale out of the club due to an unrelated altercation — when she punched him in the face with a closed fist, causing him to fall to the ground,” TMZ reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“The alleged victim identified Ogunbowale on the scene … and she was taken into custody without incident for battery.”<\/p>\n

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Mar 4, 2026; Miami, FL, USA; Mist wing Arike Ogunbowale (24) celebrates with her teammates after winning the Unrivaled championship game against the Phantom at Sephora Arena. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images\u00a9 Sam Navarro-Imagn Images&period;<\/p>\n

(\u00a9 Sam Navarro-Imagn Images&period;)What’s the latest on Arike Ogunbowale?<\/p>\n

As of now, Ogunbowale is facing charges of first-degree misdemeanor battery. Her WNBA team, the Dallas Wings, released a statement on this incident.<\/p>\n

“The Wings are aware of an incident involving Arike Ogunbowale and are in the process of gathering more information,” the team said.<\/a> “Further comments will be provided once we have more details.”<\/p>\n

Ogunbowale is set to be an unrestricted free agent this offseason. She was previously playing on a three-year, $725,952 supermax contract.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by The Spun<\/a> on Mar 6, 2026, where it first appeared in the WNBA<\/a> section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was reported Friday that WNBA star Arike Ogunbowale was arrested at a Miami nightclub. On Wednesday night,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519064,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[12201,4657,49,48,3459,205008,82,630],"class_list":["post-519063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-arike-ogunbowale","tag-breanna-stewart","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-dallas-wings","tag-miami-nightclub","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519063","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=519063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}