Jevon Porter, younger brother of Denver Nuggets star Michael Porter Jr., is expected to join the Loyola Marymount team for offseason workouts, weeks after a DWI arrest in Missouri, a spokesman said Tuesday. from school.
Jevon Porter, who transferred to Loyola Marymount from Pepperdine in the spring, was arrested in late April on suspicion of DWI in Boone County, Missouri, but was released on a summons and not booked into the local jail, according to Sgt. Missouri State. Kyle green.
A Boone County prosecutor's office official told ESPN on Tuesday that he had no record of charges filed against Porter.
“LMU anticipates that Jevon Porter will join the team for summer workouts as usual based on the information available at this time,” Loyola Marymount spokesman Matthew Lerman said in a statement to ESPN on Tuesday.
Jevon, a 6-foot-11 forward, averaged 16.2 points and 5.9 rebounds per game for Pepperdine, which fired former head coach Lorenzo Romar after the season.
Porter will join a Loyola Marymount team that finished 12-19 during the 2023-24 campaign.
Jevon's brother, Jontay, was banned for life from the NBA in April for betting on games, influencing the outcome of bets and providing confidential information to bettors.
Another Porter brother, Coban, was sentenced to six years in prison, days after Jontay's ban, for a drunken driving crash last year that killed a woman in Colorado and seriously injured her passenger. According to police records, Cobán's blood alcohol level exceeded 0.19, more than twice the legal limit.
