Four Charged in Beating and Robbery that Moses Malone Jr. Reportedly Blames on James Harden

In late June, we published a story about how Moses Malone Jr. was beaten and robbed of thousands of dollars in jewelry outside a Houston night club. Malone reportedly alleged at the time that this was retaliation, after he criticized the $249 price tag of James Harden’s basketball camp on Facebook.

Now, four men are charged in the case. Houston’s Click2News details the court documents:

"The report said Malone Jr. left the strip club, located in the 6400 block of Richmond Avenue, around 2:30 a.m. and was followed outside by Blount and about 15 other people. Malone Jr. said the group then started yelling at him and surrounding him. He said [a man named Darian] Blount began talking about a Facebook post about Harden, a prominent customer at the club. Blount told Malone Jr. that he disrespected Harden and that he would be punished for it."

Per ESPN, Harden “has not been charged or accused of wrongdoing in the case.” We do not presently know one way or another whether or to what extent any or all of the four men charged are associated with Harden.

Here is our post on the case from June 29th, verbatim:

Moses Malone Jr., the son of NBA Hall-of-Famer Moses Malone, was robbed at gunpoint outside a Houston nightclub on Saturday night. There have been conflicting reports, which state that he either lost $15k or $50k worth of jewelry, but either way it was a harrowing incident.

Per Kaitlin McCulley, a reporter for Houston’s ABC affiliate KTRK, Malone believes that this Facebook post about the high cost of James Harden’s basketball camp led to his getting attacked by the entourage of the Rockets guard:

A rep for the club told KTRK that he didn’t believe Harden was involved:

"“I don’t believe Mr. Harden was at the club, and I definitely don’t believe he had anything to do with an attack on Mr. Malone,” Moore said. “And so the club’s position is that Mr. Malone is a regular of the club. We would have done everything we could to make sure he was safe.”"

A spokesperson for the Rockets did not respond to KTRK’s requests for comment.

[KTRK; H/T BSO]