On Tuesday, the son of Barry Bonds -- Nikolai, age 20 -- pleaded not guilty in San Mateo County (California) Superior Court to five misdemeanor charges related to a fight with his mother.
Barry was in the courtroom.
The charges go back to December 5. Nikolai Bonds is alleged by police to have thrown a doorknob at mom (Sun Bonds, from whom Barry is divorced) and spit in her face, prevented her from leaving, destroyed property worth about $400, and threatened an officer. The charges are battery, false imprisonment, vandalism, making threats to an officer, and obstructing an officer.
Here in Red Sox Nation, our discussion about this has turned into a debate over what started the fight. Some say it was simple "'roid rage" by Nikolai, following in dad's footsteps. Others say Nikolai and mom were arguing about whether Barry's hat size is 16 or 16-1/2.
(Okay, I made that last part up.)
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