The son of NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is facing several felonies after stabbing his neighbor repeatedly back in June.
28-year-old Adam Abdul-Jabbar allegedly attacked his neighbor in San Clemente, California, following an argument. The neighbor claims that Adam snapped when he complained to him about helping his grandma with outdoor trash cans. The 60-year-old neighbor says that the young man stabbed him numerous times, leading to a fractured skull and a brain bleed, which nearly killed him. He was apprehended soon after.
Adam has now been charged with three felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon, one felony count of carrying a dirk or dagger, and three enhancements of inflicting great bodily injury. The neighbor has since filed a civil lawsuit against him.
“A dispute between neighbors should never escalate to violence, much less the ruthless nature of this attack,” Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said on Tuesday. “Violence of any kind will not be tolerated in Orange County, and those who choose to inflict violence on others will be prosecuted by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office to the fullest extent of the law.”
If convicted on all counts, Adam faces nearly ten years in prison. He is set to be arraigned in court next month.
