The 28-year-old son of Hall of Fame basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is facing felony assault charges for allegedly stabbed a San Clemente neighbor multiple times over a dispute about trash cans, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Adam Abdul-Jabbar is scheduled to be arraigned Sept. 9 at the Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach on three counts of assault with a deadly weapon and carrying a knife, with sentencing enhancements for inflicting great bodily injury on the victim.
He could face up to nine years and eight months in prison if convicted as charged, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
Abdul-Jabbar was arrested June 9, after authorities went to the 300 block of Calle Guaymus about 10 p.m. on a report of a stabbing, said Carrie Braun of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
The 60-year-old neighbor confronted the defendant in a driveway they share about the failure to take in trash cans for Abdul-Jabbar’s roommate, prosecutors said. They allege Abdul-Jabbar repeatedly stabbed the man, whose name was withheld, with a large hunting knife.
The victim, whose wife drove him to the hospital, sustained a fractured skull and nearly bled to death after collapsing outside of the emergency room, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Abdul-Jabbar is free on $25,000 bail.