Police Cite Parker
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San Antonio Spur guard Tony Parker was cited for impeding traffic and failing to produce a valid Texas driver’s license during a traffic stop in which girlfriend and “Desperate Housewives” actress Eva Longoria was his passenger, police said.
A San Antonio officer on a bicycle saw the stopped car holding up traffic early Saturday and rapped the hood with his hand, according to a police report. Parker, behind the wheel, questioned why the officer touched the car, and the couple “began screaming in a verbally abusive and demeaning manner,” police said. Longoria called the police report “highly inaccurate.”
Police said Parker began to drive away, almost hitting a man standing nearby. After being told to stop and get out, Parker showed a French driver’s license, police said. The star guard for the defending NBA champions was raised in France.
The officer who wrote the citations said that Parker complained: “This is all the cops do, just mess with people,” and that Longoria shouted from the car: “He’s just a Mexican bike cop. He only wants your autograph.”
Longoria denied making the comment.
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