The Los Angeles Lakers‘ head coach, JJ Redick, says he will not comment on the NBA’s investigation of Jaxson Hayes after a video appeared to show him assaulting his former girlfriend.

The incident took place when he was competing with the New Orleans Pelicans in 2021 but as a current player at the Crypto.com Arena, the whole team, coaching staff and front office are dragged into the storm as a result.

“We’re obviously aware that the investigation has been reopened,” Redick told The Athletic. “And we’re going to cooperate fully.

“But other than that, I’m not going to have another comment on that.”

In his time alongside LeBron James and Anthony Davis, he has become a NBA Cup winner and has averaged 4.6 points per game, 3.2 rebounds per game and 0.5 assists per game from a total of 80 appearances and six starts.

It remains to be seen whether he will be involved in the Lakers’ next game against Nikola Jokic‘s Denver Nuggets on Saturday, November 23. The game will take place in LA and tip-off is expected at 22:30 ET/19:30 PT.

What happened in the incident?

Footage obtained and released by TMZ appears to show the 24-year-old center/power forward drag Sofia Jamora between different rooms after the pair got into an argument, with the Los Angeles Police Department eventually responding to a domestic disturbance report.

Hayes then proved to be uncooperative to officers, who eventually got physical in order to retrain the 7ft 0in tall athlete and fired their taser weapons twice in a bid to stun and subdue him.

Hayes was later given a conviction of three years of probation in 2022, which also included community service and domestic violence awareness courses, before he penned a deal with the Lakers in 2023.