April 7, 2011
DOCUMENT: Sports, Crime

LeBron's Mom In Valet Parking Rage Bust

Following arrest, she told cops, "I don’t trust your kind."

LeBron James and Gloria James

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LeBron's Mom Busted

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APRIL 7--LeBron James’s mother was arrested early today for battery and disorderly intoxication after she allegedly struck a parking valet in the face during a dispute at a Miami Beach hotel.

Gloria James, 43, was collared by cops around 5 AM at the Fontainebleau hotel, according to a Miami Beach Police Department report. While James was arrested, she was not booked into jail and did not have to pose for a mug shot.

James, who is handcuffed, is pictured at right in a photo taken outside the Fontainebleau by a crime scene technician.

Police allege that the altercation began after James confronted the valet, Sorel Rockfeller, and asked “Where are my fucking keys?” James continued “yelling profanities” at the valet, who explained that he had given the keys to the valet cashier because, though James’s car had been ready for 30 minutes, she stood talking with friends as the vehicle sat running on the valet ramp.

Then, “for no apparent reason,” James allegedly “struck the victim with an open hand across the right side of his face.” In the process, James lost her balance and fell to the ground.

When a cop later asked James for ID, she refused. James, who was sitting in the passenger seat of a vehicle, then “began to yell at the other female who was the driver, ‘Don’t give him anything. Don’t give him my purse.'” James, the officer noted, “had bloodshot eyes and a strong odor of alcohol on her breath.”

While at the police station, two other cops tried to speak with James, who remained “very uncooperative” and said, “I’m trying to trust you but I don’t trust your kind. I don’t trust that officer who arrested me.”

It is unclear what “kind” James does not reportedly trust.

James was cited for the two misdemeanor counts, and was released into the custody of an executive with the Miami Heat, the NBA team for which her 26-year-old son stars. (3 pages)

LeBron's Mom Busted

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Comments (81)

Submitted by stbham on Thu, 2011-04-07 17:17.
Who you calling racist? I hate all people equally.
Submitted by gcdugas on Thu, 2011-04-07 17:41.
I am white and I don't see why race is automatically presumed to be an element. If I were arrested I just might make or think a comment like that. But when I would make or think such a comment I would mean I don't trust the cops. "Don't trust your kind" = "I know cops are corrupt." Just type in "cops" into the search field of YouTube. You will see all you ever need to see that the cops are 100% violent brainless brute thugs with guns who are causing mayhem everywhere they go. Add to that their bungling of things, lying, planting evidence, destroying police car in-dash videos, and the central creed that "blood is thicker than water".... they cover each other's asses with more lies and stonewalling.
Submitted by LeConspirateur on Thu, 2011-04-07 17:12.
Why does everyone assume "I don't trust your kind" is about race? When I read it, I thought she was just saying she didn't trust cops. Which made perfect sense to me, since I don't trust them either.
Submitted by johnyQ on Thu, 2011-04-07 17:04.
hmm slaves, Jews were slaves, but unlike Africans they don't whine and blame everyone for what they went through, they hold there heads high and move on. Go to school, make something of them selves. Seems Africans keep dwelling on the past and cant move on from it, Hence Ebonics, single moms, kids that have no clue who there dads are, high unemployment, rap music. ho's bitch slapping..just chaos in general. actually I feel sorry for them, they did this alone. there choice and use the slavery thing as an excuse for bad behavior .
Submitted by bryanabbott on Thu, 2011-04-07 16:52.
Bee Buh Dee Bee
Submitted by Duude on Thu, 2011-04-07 16:46.
Alcohol brings out our true selves. For Le Bron James mom it brings out the ignorance, violence and racism she holds dear in her cold micro-heart.
Submitted by bryanabbott on Thu, 2011-04-07 16:53.
Alcohol brings out dinner
Submitted by workingforaliving on Thu, 2011-04-07 15:53.
You can take the diva out of the ghetto, but you can't take the ghetto out of the diva. It was kinda funny the first time around when Gloria kicked out the window of the Akron PD cruiser. It just isn't that funny anymore.
Submitted by Russ on Thu, 2011-04-07 15:41.
She was shouting,"I miss my DeLonte"!
Submitted by Owossoan on Thu, 2011-04-07 15:15.
This has nothing to do w/ race. It's @ attitude, & a drunken one at that. Bad attitude & booze becomes trouble. And in the mind of that person, they become the "victim". Hey, how did Ms James get in that position? SHE put herself there & wants to blame others. It's called DENIAL!
Submitted by Duude on Thu, 2011-04-07 16:47.
I don't trust yer kind=racist
Submitted by Lei on Thu, 2011-04-07 15:14.
How did this thread get hijacked into a discussion of racism? The color of someone's skin shouldn't be relevant at all. The facts are that a woman got hammered and then got abusive and assaulted someone. Case closed.
Submitted by 4evryoung on Thu, 2011-04-07 15:47.
It's a pain in the b*tt to register just so I can say "GROW UP." And not just to Ms. James.
Submitted by I.M. Jussayin on Thu, 2011-04-07 15:35.
It's what we do here.
Submitted by FLharleyPM on Thu, 2011-04-07 14:44.
Doesn't surprise me and this says it all..... Gloria James, 43 years of age...LeBron James, 26 years of age.....do the math. This means she got pregnant at 16, had the "kid" at 17 and in all likelihood never knew the father. Another person that feels entitled because of their perceived "status" of living off someone else's paycheck. Let's face it, there aren't too many 43 year former ghetto moms having dinner and drinks at the Fountainbleu and driving off in their $350,000 Bentley.
Submitted by SilverSax on Thu, 2011-04-07 14:43.
I guess the woman's just a piece of po white trash.
Submitted by Homedepot on Thu, 2011-04-07 14:39.
Is it just my imagination or are certain segments of the population disproportionately represented in crimes of violence ?
Submitted by I.M. Jussayin on Thu, 2011-04-07 14:44.
This is a good question... dispropotionally represented, or disproportionally reported? Mrs. James wouldn't have made the news if she was just another mom. Having a famous son puts you in the spotlight, like it or not... ready for it, or not.
Submitted by RufusVonDufus on Thu, 2011-04-07 14:31.
What would one expect? She is just another Kuhn!
Submitted by MrJay214 on Thu, 2011-04-07 14:30.
Why can't we all just get along? (with shakey voice) Seriously though, I just do not understand why we focus on the race of the news makers rather than the individual and there stupidity. Every race has idiot's in there midst so enough already. It doesn't make sense to read this article and see comments about slavery, going back to Africa, whites tan to be black and whatever other mess.
Submitted by Duude on Thu, 2011-04-07 16:50.
When she said, "I don't trust yer kind", she opened the door. Its called racism, plain and simple.
Submitted by gcdugas on Thu, 2011-04-07 17:22.
@Duude I am white and I don't see why race is automatically presumed to be an element. If I were arrested I just might make or think a comment like that. But when I would make or think such a comment I would mean I don't trust the cops. "Don't trust your kind" = "I know cops are corrupt." Just type in "cops" into the search field of YouTube. You will see all you ever need to see that the cops are 100% brainless brute thugs bungling things, lying, planting evidence, destroying police car in-dash videos, and the central creed that "blood is thicker than water".... they cover each other's asses with more lies and stonewalling.
Submitted by I.M. Jussayin on Thu, 2011-04-07 15:03.
MrJay sounds like a voice of reason... I'm flagging this as innappropriate.
Submitted by realist7 on Thu, 2011-04-07 14:57.
I'm hard pressed to come up with stories like this one involving any other ethnicity...I remember that when Christian Bale went on a rant about his mother--and during the Charlie Sheen fiasco(s) the press gave it TONS of coverage and people of all races have BAR-B-Q'd them and no mention was made of what race they were. they were just plain douches--But when Michael Vick got caught electrocuting and drowning dogs or Pacman Jones and his momma got busted with drugs or when Tiger Woods got caught humping every woman he could find that he wasn't married to---then anyone who brought it up was a racist. And shortly after we have a racial discussion. The facts are these--14% of the population commits about FIVE TIMES more crimes than the other 86%.
Submitted by cleopatra209 on Thu, 2011-04-07 14:25.
bsk and others. even though we are all probably having a good time with ignorant racist people; at some point you have to choose how you really feel deep, deep down. are you a tea party racist, trump, rebubs. OR dems. just let us all know how you really feel.
Submitted by aunch3 on Thu, 2011-04-07 14:42.
How dare you accuse others of racism when you're obviously racist yourself, hypocrite! Im not racist I just hate you personally, and even if I am it's a free country I can be whatever I damn please.
Submitted by bskisg on Thu, 2011-04-07 14:12.
My momma always said, "Stupid is as stupid does." ~Forrest. Forrest Gump.
Submitted by cleopatra209 on Thu, 2011-04-07 14:00.
SHAW,ebonics or english; i speak both languages!!!!!!!!!!!!
Submitted by aunch3 on Thu, 2011-04-07 14:06.
Hey retard ebonics isn't a language it's an extremely simple and illiterate form of English. You're disgusting!
Submitted by bskisg on Thu, 2011-04-07 14:13.
Quit insulting retards. They display more intelligence than this.
Submitted by cleopatra209 on Thu, 2011-04-07 13:49.
it wasn't called the color brown, because, black people come in all hues. what is up with you white people trying to tan, while burning your skin, causing melanoma,/cancer AND DYING trying to be brown/ dark like us. what is up with that white people????????????? you hate our dark skin,YET, you lie in the sun, burning your white skin. to be like us. oh my. OUCH. NOT TOO MUCH PAIN FOR YOU WHITE PEOPLE TRYING TO BE A RICH LOVELY BROWN, TO SHOW OFF TO YOUR ENVIOUS WHITE FRIENDS. you white people are a joke. you hate our lovely golden skin, of many HUES. yet , you lie in a really hot sun trying to look just like us. YOU WHITE PEOPLE ARE SO SICK. THEN YOU TRY TO MAKE BLACK FOLKS FEEL INFERIOR. LAUGHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Submitted by SilverSax on Thu, 2011-04-07 14:34.
Hey Cleo, the problem I have with black people isn't skin color. It's your inferiority complex/entitlement-minded/Whitey-owes-me-something culture. Whenever the issue of skin color is raised, it's ALWAYS blacks/minorities/liberals raising it. You know it, I know it and so does everyone else. Tell the truth and don't run and hide!
Submitted by realist7 on Thu, 2011-04-07 14:29.
The number of exclamation points and questions marks used in a blog post is inversely proportional to the poster's intelligence quotient. Know what I mean Vern?
Submitted by wilel18 on Thu, 2011-04-07 14:16.
First of all this has nothing to do with the article and let me assure you that white people do not go tanning to emulate African Americans. Seriously are you five years old or just unstable. I have a lot of black friends and we were all reading this article and then we came to this blog post and they were all apalled. People like you widen the schism between our races just as much as any white biggot. I know this is falling on deaf ears or rather uneducated ears and I am wasting my time but maybe some day you will get an education or at least some direction and you will learn how to spell and look at the world through a slightly less skewed point of view. I want you to know that I dont blame you becasue the problem is a lot bigger than you and your childish rant. I can only look to the horizon with a longing heart and hope the contemptuousness which drives people like you is quelled with time. Also in the future when you choose an article vent your racest views about white people you might consider choosing one which is not about an intoxicated African American assaulting a valet and insulting law enforcement. Just a thought.
Submitted by Lebron's Mom on Thu, 2011-04-07 14:02.
Hey Cleo, You're absolutely correct in your observation, but incorrect as to reasoning. White people do want to look dark, of that there is no doubt. But, remember, tanning is temporary. We can always go back to white. If tanning were permanent, trust me, Sunblock would be given away free on every street corner in every place in the world. No one wants to *be* dark forever, except those born with it. Well, then again, Michael Jackson did try to bleach his way into whitey world, so there's that.
Submitted by wilel18 on Thu, 2011-04-07 14:21.
Well played.
Submitted by Mannie on Thu, 2011-04-07 14:00.
> what is up with you white people trying to tan, while burning your skin, causing melanoma,/cancer AND DYING trying to be brown/ dark like us. Isn't irony wonderful? :-)
Submitted by Mannie on Thu, 2011-04-07 14:00.
> what is up with you white people trying to tan, while burning your skin, causing melanoma,/cancer AND DYING trying to be brown/ dark like us. Isn't irony wonderful? :-)
Submitted by realist7 on Thu, 2011-04-07 13:40.
I find it almost comical when people make statements about how I would want my mom to be treated. I can almost imagine how totally belligerent and how full of self import this woman is. She has them bring her car and then allows it to block the valet ramp for 30 minutes while she runs her fat mouht and then slaps somebody in the face for no reason....who knows? Maybe the person exhibited sonme "attitude" since shwe had already caused such an inconvenience--but did that call for violence? My mom doesn't go out and get totally hammered--she doesn't talk back to strangers or peole who are trying to help her either. I agree--this jerk should have been tased--booked and prosecuted.
Submitted by cleopatra209 on Thu, 2011-04-07 13:22.
mo, i know that you are probably trying to be comical. i give you a F. let's hope that what you wished for lebron's mom happens to someone in your family. i am lighting a candle right now. what did whoopi say in the color purple. what you wish for me, will happen to you!!!!!!!!!!
Submitted by Ryan Hamilton on Thu, 2011-04-07 15:18.
You are really not going to win much support mentioning the likes of whoopi goldberg and pagan rituals. You must be from the 3rd world or even worse an american ghetto.
Submitted by Yomamahone on Thu, 2011-04-07 13:33.
What I always wondered is why wasn't it called "the color brown"?
Submitted by Mo Ma' on Thu, 2011-04-07 13:13.
They should have pepper sprayed her, and then taser her, handcuff her, transport her back for intake processing, charged with assault and battery-end of story.
Submitted by cleopatra209 on Thu, 2011-04-07 13:01.
now, rufus, that is correct. lebron's mom is a grown woman and can make her own decisions and mistakes. it has nothing to do with being entitled or being lebron's mom. she is a human being, if she made mistakes, call her out on her mistakes and keep lebron out of it.
Submitted by Yomamahone on Thu, 2011-04-07 13:31.
LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!!!!!!!
Submitted by Rufus McGill on Thu, 2011-04-07 12:58.
This poor woman drank too much and misbehaved for reasons which had nothing to do with either her son or her race. I hope she can learn from this and grows from the misfortune.
Submitted by cleopatra209 on Thu, 2011-04-07 12:54.
mannie, it is lovely that you worked in africa and asia. racism started in the USA, by entitled white slave owners who thought that they walked on water and were superior to the darker hued people from africa, who, by the way did not willingly book passage to the colonies. we did not ask to be here, did not pay passage to be here, but contributed mightily to the building of this country. but that was not enough, we had to be oppressed and tortured by the mighty white man. should have sent us back, before, we built america. we built this country and white people hate us. how ironic. you white people started racism, so now deal with how we feel about you!!!
Submitted by Ryan Hamilton on Thu, 2011-04-07 16:01.
Okay Cleo read a book the folks that were taken from Africa were already slaves to the superior tribes whom conquered them. You were sold out by your own people! In all actuality they were probably better off taking that horrific journey. Otherwise they would have been sacrificed to some pagan gods or worked to death. On another note look at the state of Africa and look in your ghetto, where do you want to be? No hand outs over there.
Submitted by I.M. Jussayin on Thu, 2011-04-07 14:36.
Cleo, seriously... white people didn't invent racism.
Submitted by aunch3 on Thu, 2011-04-07 14:03.
You make me sick! Don't act like it's this horrible thing that you were born in America and it's our fault you're here! The quality of life in Africa is horrible, and to be honest you're extremely lucky that you ended up here. You think I care how you feel about me? Go ahead and hate all you want! It makes no difference to me I HATE YOU BACK! One last thing. You probably think that because Egypt is in Africa Cleopatra was black (which is why she's your username). Jokes on you because the Ptolemys were whites (Greek). Im sorry to disappoint you, but your great idol is the white person you hate! Your attitiude is horrible no one likes people like you.
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