Best friend of Ja Morant, Davonte Pack found himself involved several times in the non-sporting problems of the leader.
It was on his Instagram account that the All-Star had brandished a weapon, resulting in a 25-game suspension for the start of the next campaign. It was he who had heated up with the Pacers, the latter ensuring that he had subsequently threatened them with a “laser” after the meeting. Enough to ban him from the FedExForum for a year…
This time it’s more serious for Ja Morant’s former high school teammate. Because he was arrested in connection Joshua Holloway’s Civil Complaintthe 17-year-old teenager who accuses Ja Morant and his friend of hitting him at the former’s home in a basketball game that went wrong last summer.
And while Ja Morant’s lawyers are trying to obtain immunity for their client by relying on self-defense via “Stand-your-ground law”, Davonte Pack has obviously opted for a different strategy.
In a May 2023 deposition, Davonte Pack admitted to hitting Joshua Holloway, adding that he “didn’t feel threatened the moment he hit Holloway in the head, knocking him to the ground”.
The arrest marks in any case a new stage in the case, while his treatment by the Memphis police continues to question. The criminal section was closed “for lack of evidence”, so it is the civil section that continues. A part in which Davonte Pack arrives late, because he has long been out of the field of vision of the police, Joshua Holloway only knowing his nickname and Ja Morant not having mentioned him in his deposition…
