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Josh Hamilton, Former M.L.B. Star, Charged With Injuring His Daughter


KELLER, Texas — The former All-Star slugger Josh Hamilton was charged with injury to a child after his 14-year-old daughter told his ex-wife that he had struck her.

Hamilton turned himself in to the Tarrant County Jail in Fort Worth, Texas, on Wednesday and was released on $35,000 bond.

According to a police affidavit, Hamilton’s daughter told the Keller police that he went on a rampage on Sept. 30. According to the affidavit, she said she had made a comment to Hamilton that upset him, so he threw a full bottle overhand at her, hitting her in the chest, then began cursing and shouting at her.

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She says he finally threw her over his shoulder, carried her to her room, dumped her on her bed, pressed her head against the mattress and hit her legs.

Hamilton, 38, won the American League’s Most Valuable Player Award in 2010, when he played for the Texas. He also played for the Cincinnati Reds and Los Angeles Angels in a nine-season career that stalled several times because of drug and alcohol abuse. Hamilton was drafted No. 1 over all by the Tampa Bay Rays in 1999 but did not reach the majors until 2007, after the Reds had acquired him.



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