Police investigation

Iverson allegedly threatened two men in Philly

The 27-year-old Iverson, the NBA MVP in 2001, has had other off-court problems. Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE/ Getty Images

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Allen Iverson is being investigated by police for allegedly threatening two men at a West Philadelphia apartment complex.

A complaint filed with the police states that Iverson and another man, who was not identified, engaged in "assaultive behavior" toward the two men at the Cobbs Creek Court apartments early Wednesday, police Capt. Stephen Glenn said.

"Assaultive behavior can be behavior which involves physical contact or the fear of physical contact," Glenn said Saturday. He declined to elaborate.

Glenn said no charges have been filed against the Philadelphia 76ers guard and that police have not spoken with Iverson, whom they believed was out of town.

The announcement of the investigation came after the Philadelphia Daily News, citing unidentified sources, reported Saturday that the alleged victims said Iverson, armed with a gun, and another man went to the apartment looking for Iverson's wife and cousin.

Local Look A man who answered the telephone yesterday at the third-floor apartment where the incident allegedly occurred, and who later came outside, told the Philadelphia Daily News he was one of the two men Iverson had threatened. He said he had filed the police report. He wouldn't give his name, however, saying he feared retaliation from Allen Iverson. "When I find out a restraining order has been placed on Iverson, I will talk to anybody I please. But not until then," he said. "My life is in danger; my life has been threatened."

Glenn said the men who filed the complaint did not allege that they were physically assaulted. He declined to release a copy of the complaint, identify the complainants or to specify their relationship, if any, with Iverson.

Only the two men who filed the complaint were at the apartment, Glenn said.

Iverson and Tawanna Turner were married Aug. 3 and have two children.

Police, responding to a call, arrived at the apartment shortly after the alleged incident but did not find Iverson or any intruders there, Glenn said.

Police said they do not expect to make a decision about possible charges for several days.

A telephone message left at Iverson's lawyer's office on Saturday was not immediately returned. A spokeswoman for the 76ers said the team had no immediate comment.

The 27-year-old Iverson, the NBA MVP in 2001, led the NBA in scoring during the regular season, averaging 31.4 points. A three-time All-Star, he led the 76ers to the 2001 NBA Finals for the first time in 18 years.

Iverson has had other problems off the court.

In 1993, he was arrested in a Hampton, Va., bowling-alley brawl and spent four months in prison before then-Gov. Douglas Wilder granted clemency. The Virginia Court of Appeals overturned the conviction in 1995.

In 1997, Iverson pleaded no contest to a gun charge after police in Richmond, Va., stopped a car in which he was a passenger and found a gun belonging to Iverson and two marijuana cigarettes. He pleaded no contest to the gun charge, and a marijuana possession charge was dropped. He was sentenced to probation.

 

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