Former NBA player Kendrick Perkins opened up on his Road Trippin’ podcast about a shocking incident involving his neighbors’ teenage son, who broke into his $1.7 million home while Perkins was playing for the New Orleans Pelicans.
Perkins explained that while he was away in New Orleans, his wife received a frantic call from their Houston neighbor. “We messed up really bad. My son messed up. He had wrecked your car,” she told her. The car in question was a BMW belonging to Perkins’ mother-in-law, parked safely in their garage.
The story quickly escalates: the teen, 17 at the time, knew the house was empty during the season. He reportedly broke into the home through the backyard, climbed through the pool room and attic, and eventually unlocked the door from the inside. Over the next ten months, the teenager drove Perkins’ mother-in-law’s car to school every day.
His luck ran out after a fallout with his girlfriend, which led to him getting beaten up by family members. The incident damaged the car, and the teen was stopped by police because of the visible damage. When his mother came to retrieve the car, Perkins and his wife were able to see everything on security cameras: the teen and his friends had been living in the house, throwing parties, and even riding four-wheelers on the property.
Perkins described the aftermath in the guest bedroom: “Backpacks with school IDs, busted cigars, liquor bottles everywhere…This is a group of teenagers…They were living in our house having parties like nothing.” Items went missing, including a championship ring and a registered shotgun, raising serious safety concerns.
Eventually, Perkins had to involve the police, press charges, and demand restitution. “Seven of them…had to pay about $10,000 a piece,” he recalled. In court, Perkins testified against each teenager involved, determined to hold them accountable for the invasion of his home.
The fallout even extended to the family: the teenager’s parents divorced, sold their house, and moved away. Perkins added with some satisfaction that he would often spot the teen walking past his house and couldn’t resist “mugging his [expletive] ass” every time he saw him.
Reflecting on the ordeal, Perkins emphasized the sheer audacity of the teens. “When we went back and looked at all the footage, they were having the time of their life…riding our four-wheelers all up on our land, kicking it like no other.”
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