Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ordered to obtain anger management counseling in traffic dispute case

Jet, Feb 16, 1998

Former NBA great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, accused of attacking a man during a traffic dispute, was ordered by a West Los Angeles municipal court commissioner to obtain anger management counseling so that a court may consider a civil compromise of criminal charges in the dispute.

Commissioner Gary L. Bindman ordered the NBA's all-time leading scorer to undergo 36 hours of counseling and pay $5,000 to Jeopardy, a Los Angeles Police Department program for at-risk youth, said Mike Qualls, a spokesman for the Los Angeles city attorney's office.

Abdul-Jabbar was accused of attacking Jerry Cohen last year at a Los Angeles minimall because of a traffic dispute. Abdul-Jabbar allegedly grabbed Cohen, held his face against a plate glass window, shoved him into the ground and held him there (Jet, Jan. 19).