{"id":451235,"date":"2026-09-29T15:56:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/451235\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T15:56:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:56:18","slug":"former-cleveland-cavalier-j-r-smith-arrested-on-assault-charge-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/451235\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Cleveland Cavalier J.R. Smith arrested on assault charge in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">HUNT COUNTY, Texas (WOIO) &#8211; Former Cleveland Cavalier J.R. Smith was arrested Tuesday in Texas, according to records. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Former Cleveland Cavalier J.R. Smith arrested on assault charge in Texas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ONTLYNKLHRFU3DPQNAATA25RTQ.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Former Cleveland Cavalier J.R. Smith arrested on assault charge in Texas(Source: Hunt County Detention Center)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to Hunt County Jail records, Smith was arrested on a charge of assault causing bodily injury family violence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He is still being held at the Hunt County Detention Center, and records show that no bond has been set. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Smith played 16 seasons in the NBA and won championships with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016 and Los Angeles Lakers in 2020 before he retired. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2018, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers' JR Smith shoots against the...\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2P4CBLOTAJDS5MU6WY4SK3UIKY.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"705\" \/>FILE &#8211; In this Jan. 28, 2018, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers&#8217; JR Smith shoots against the Detroit Pistons in the first half of an NBA basketball game, in Cleveland.  J.R. Smith has been accused of breaking the cellphone of a fan who tried to videotape him in the middle of the night on a New York City street. Police say the Cavaliers guard turned himself in Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, to face a misdemeanor criminal mischief charge. The NBA champion was given a summons to appear in court at a later date and released. (AP Photo\/Tony Dejak, File)(AP)<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WOIO. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HUNT COUNTY, Texas (WOIO) &#8211; Former Cleveland Cavalier J.R. Smith was arrested Tuesday in Texas, according to records.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1689,119783,6388,155177,155180,3677,155178,155179,155181,6393,3080,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-451235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-cleveland","tag-cleveland-cavalier","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-cleveland-cavs","tag-cleveland-cavs-nba","tag-hunt-county","tag-hunt-county-detention-center","tag-hunt-county-texas","tag-jr-smith-nba","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-nba","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}