NBA’s Miles Bridges files restraining order against ex after pleading guilty to domestic violence

Embattled NBA free agent Miles Bridges has filed a restraining order against the mother of his children after he recently pleaded guilty to domestic violence for assaulting her.

According to a Los Angeles County court filing, obtained by DailyMail.com, Mychelle Johnson harassed him, despite an pending protective order barring him from having contact with his estranged wife. Bridges accused Johnson of following him, stealing his dog and showing up unannounced at an AirBNB where he was staying. The former Michigan State star asks Johnson to stay 100 yards away from him and refrain from having any contact with him or his dog.

Bridges claims he moved three times to try to avoid it.

“Mychelle texted me numerous times asking for money and informing me that she was on her way to see me with our children,” the filing reads. “According to the protection order, we must not have any contact with each other.

“Mychelle’s repeated efforts to contact me, follow me, antagonize me and linger outside my home, are harassing and disrupt my peace. It invades my privacy and interferes with the criminal protection order. Worse still, she involves our children and uses them as a tool to get attention from me.

The file contains footage allegedly showing Johnson attempting to break into Bridges’ AirBNB and waiting for him in his vehicle.

Bridges’ attorney did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com’s request for comment. Information about Johnson’s attorney was not immediately available.

Bridges, who played for the Charlotte Hornets last season before becoming a free agent over the summer, did not contest a domestic violence charge for injuring Johnson in front of their two children in June. Johnson shared photos of her injuries allegedly sustained in the attack days later, although she did not mention Bridges’ name and later deleted the social media post.

Bridges, 24, avoided jail time as part of his plea deal, but was sentenced to three years probation. Additionally, he is subject to NBA discipline if he signs with a league team.

Johnson is accused of trying to contact Bridges three over the past few weeks, causing him emotional distress and anxiety.

In one instance, on October 12, according to Bridges, Johnson unexpectedly entered the door of his AirBNB with their two children.

‘Our children shouted ‘Dad!’ read the Bridges file. “They seemed so happy to see me. It was horrible to be so close to them, but unable to have contact with them. Again, I felt trapped. As much as I wanted to see our children, leaving them in my house would have been a violation of the protective order.

“I felt compelled to run inside the house to protect myself from whatever Mychelle had planned. When I tried to close the door, I realized it wouldn’t lock. I had to hold on to the door handle to prevent Mychelle from entering. She kept yelling outside the door asking me to open it while the kids were calling me to let them in. Mychelle then used a hose nozzle as a tool to attempt to break into my house.

Johnson allegedly followed Bridges and her friends home from a local LA Hookah bar on Oct. 31, and on Saturday, he says, she confronted him on the sidewalk near his home with some of his friends.

Bridges, as he had done before, phoned the police, who managed to convince her to leave.

The 12th pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, Bridges played four seasons with the Hornets, but remained on the free agent market following Johnson’s allegations against him.

Michael Scotto of Hoops Hype reported in May that four league executives predicted Bridges could be offered up to $25 million a year, but that was obviously before his recent arrest.

The charges against Bridges, filed in Los Angeles in July, stem from two separate arguments on June 27 and 28 that allegedly turned violent, according to DA George Gascón.

Johnson shared photos of herself on social media, showing her badly injured face following the alleged attack. She suffered a broken nose, concussion and other serious injuries, allegedly at the hands of Bridges.

Johnson did not name Bridges as her abuser in the post, but wrote, “I allowed someone to destroy my home, abuse me in every way possible and traumatize our children for life.”

Last week, Johnson posted a video on social media, saying Bridges didn’t deserve to go to jail.

“I tried to help this person during the situation as best I could for the sake of my children,” Johnson said, without mentioning Bridges’ name.

“So for months I really fought for him with my lawyer in the best, most respectable and most careful way possible for me and my lawyer, where I hope he eventually gets some help and that it will be better for my children. I never necessarily thought prison would help him. I feel like he needed more serious help. Like therapy and drug shit.