Zaire Wade, the 24-year-old son of NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade, has been charged with a felony following his arrest last month in connection with an alleged domestic violence incident in Burbank.
According to a criminal complaint filed Thursday in Los Angeles, Wade faces one felony domestic violence-related charge stemming from a June 21 altercation involving someone with whom he was in a dating relationship.
Police responded to a home around 5:30 a.m. after a 911 caller reported hearing a woman screaming.
When officers arrived, they found Wade and a woman with lacerations to her face and body.
A spokesperson for the Burbank PD told The California Post on June 26 that Zaire was “booked for domestic violence, criminal threats and false imprisonment.”
Paramedics evaluated the woman at the scene, but she was not taken to a hospital.
Authorities also seized a handgun from the home following the arrest and issued an emergency protective order, NBC reported.
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Wade posted a $50,000 bond and was released later that day.
He is the oldest child of Dwyane Wade, the first-ballot Basketball Hall of Famer whose decorated NBA career included three NBA championships, 13 All-Star selections, the 2010 All-Star Game MVP award, eight All-NBA honors, and the league scoring title in 2009, who has not issued any public comment regarding his son’s arrest.
Years before his arrest, Zaire and Bronny James played together during the 2019–2020 high school basketball season at Sierra Canyon School in Chatsworth.
