Kevin Porter Jr's girlfriend is now saying he never hit her, and the argument was so minor as to be inconsequential.
Kevin Porter Jr.'s ex-girlfriend said the former Houston Rockets guard "didn't hit me" during an alleged fight at a New York City hotel last month that led to his arrest.
"He never balled his fists up and hit me," Kysre Gondrezick, a former WNBA player, told the New York Post on Tuesday. "And he definitely didn't punch me in the face numerous times. That is a lie. I don't have any injuries to support that."
Porter was arrested after the alleged attack and initially charged with multiple felonies, including assault and strangulation. However, Manhattan prosecutors dropped one of the assault charges Monday after acknowledging Porter did not fracture Gondrezick's neck vertebrae during the incident.
Porter still faces charges of second-degree strangulation and third-degree assault, to which he has pleaded not guilty.
A police spokesperson said shortly after the alleged attack that officers were informed Gondrezick "sustained a laceration to the right side of her face and was complaining about pain to her neck." She was transported to the hospital for evaluation.
Gondrezick said prosecutors didn't wait to interview her before releasing details of her injuries.
"It happened very fast, not to the degree of what was reported," she told the Post. "And it was an argument that occurred in the room for not even 10 seconds."
Porter on Tuesday was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder, and sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski that they plan to waive him.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/38683020/former-rockets-guard-kevin-porter-ex-girlfriend-says-hit-me
Money talks?!?! 
Or fear caused by abuse. It’s not an unusual response, and transcends incidents of domestic abusers throughout income brackets.
And not just fear. Psychological dependence a lot of times.
As a defense attorney it was initially shocking how many victims didn't cooperate. One of my first cases, a man slashed his girlfriend in the face with a knife. Makes bail, breaks into her house again. She had given a statement but retracted it and refused to cooperate.
I saw that happen similarly dozens of times over the years.
In this situation, the article says "ex-girlfriend" so they are no longer together. There is no dependence on him or ongoing threat from him. I don't think they have any children together. There is no marriage so no divorce or alimony.
Would you expect to still see things like that in a case like this?
It's pretty prevalent regardless of whether the relationships are intact. Some can be fear (see Miles Bridges), some can be love, some can be guilt.
In this particular case, both Porter and the victim have documented mental health issues. That can lead to some very unhealthy relationship dynamics that last even when a relationship has ended.
Abuse is one of the most complicated issues I've encountered. Beyond criminal defense I did a ton of family law cases, as well as child protective. I've sat down with multiple women and told them that they needed to stay away from their abuser or they'd lose their kids (permanently). They couldn't stay away. In another case, a woman's abuser was in prison for murder, and she still wanted to be with him, and was taking her young son to visit him in prison (despite being advised what profoundly poor judgment that was by her protective services caseworker).
As bizarre as it is, no matter the other factors, the vast majority of victims don't do what they "should": call the cops, cooperate with prosecutors, get a protection order and, if married, initiate a divorce.
