Jason Kidd charged with DWI in Water Mill

NBA star Jason Kidd, the Knicks high-profile off-season acquisitions, faces a charge of drunk driving after crashing his truck Sunday morning sport in the Hamptons.

Southampton police said Kidd was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after his 2010 Cadillac Escalade hit a power pole and fell in the woods near Little Cobb and Cobb Road in Water Mill

Kidd, 39, was alone in the van when it crashed just before 02:00, police said. He refused to take a breath test, a spokesman for Suffolk District Attorney Bob Clifford said Sunday.

The 10 times All-Star 2011 owner of the NBA champion with the Dallas Mavericks was taken to Southampton Hospital for minor injuries before being processed at police headquarters. It was processed and released under their responsibility.

Attorney Kidd, Edward Burke Jr. of Sag Harbor, said in a text message to Newsday, "I became a call to innocence and hope that the subsequent litigation. That's all I'm pointing to the press at this time. "

Southampton Police Chief William Wilson also declined to comment on the case, saying he wanted to review the first report of the incident.

The Knicks were not reported on Sunday. The NBA said in a text message that the league "monitoring the situation."
Saturday night, hours before the accident, Kidd had attended a benefit organized by an East Hampton estate of singer Ne-Yo Foundation made in honor of filmmaker George Lucas.

Kidd finished on Thursday a contract for three years with the Knicks. The twice Olympic gold medalist has an average of 13 points, 9 assists and 6.4 rebounds in 18 seasons with Dallas, Phoenix and the Nets.

Knicks coach Mike Woodson said Kidd would be a mentor to guard Jeremy Lin, the owner alleged, but Sunday was not clear if the team must match the contract offer of $ 25.1 million Lin Houston .

The Knicks on Saturday agreed to a trade that would bring the owner Raymond Felton in New York, Portland.

Kidd was arrested in January 2001 and pleaded guilty to a charge of domestic violence for assaulting then-wife, Joumana. In September, he married the exmodel Porschla Coleman.