Police investigated fight between TCU basketball player Sedona Prince and ex-girlfriend
TCU star basketball player Sedona Prince was involved in a physical altercation with an ex-girlfriend on Jan. 18, according to a police report obtained by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
The fight follows allegations of abuse from another former girlfriend last year that set off a social media firestorm and a petition to remove Prince from the TCU team. No charges were filed against Prince regarding the accusations of the ex-girlfriend last year, and Prince has continued to play for TCU.
According to a police report, on the morning of the latest incident, Prince and the ex-girlfriend got in a fight at Prince’s home when the ex-girlfriend came to collect some of her belongings after their breakup. The fight began inside Prince’s house and spilled into her front yard, according to the report.
Prince and her ex-girlfriend each made reports to the TCU Police Department, saying they had been assaulted, according to a Fort Worth police report. Fort Worth police took over the investigation when it was determined the fight happened outside the jurisdiction of Texas Christian University police.
Prince’s ex-girlfriend said she was strangled during the fight, but had no visible injuries; Prince, who had a black eye, said she was punched in the eye, according to the police report.
No charges were filed by either party.
“Sedona was a victim of an assault in the early morning of Jan. 18 when a former friend entered her house uninvited,” Prince’s lawyer, Boone Almanza, said in a prepared statement shared with the Star-Telegram on Thursday, Feb. 6. “Sedona was kicked and hit repeatedly and suffered bruises to her shins and received a black eye. Sedona did not fight back other than attempt to move her out of the way and block her blows. This has been a traumatic event for Sedona.”
When reached about the incident Thursday, Feb. 6, TCU athletic officials said: “The university is aware of the allegations involving one of our student-athletes and is looking into the matter. In accordance with federal privacy laws, the university does not comment on student conduct matters.”
Fort Worth police said in their final findings, “The only evidence consistent with both accounts is that there was a physical altercation and both parties sustained minimal injuries. [The ex-girlfriend] agreed that going to Sedona’s house was a bad idea considering Sedona told her she did not want to speak. Once she arrived and was allowed into the house the sequence of events as well as who initiated the physical contact is unclear.”
Fight followed breakup
In an interview with a detective from Fort Worth’s Domestic Violence Unit, Prince said the two had been dating for roughly three months and that Prince tried to end the relationship on Jan. 16, according to the police report. Prince told police her ex-girlfriend would not accept that.
Prince told police that her ex-girlfriend contacted her at 4:30 a.m. Jan. 18 asking to come over, according to the police report. Prince told her no several times and that the relationship was over, the report said. When the ex-girlfriend arrived at Prince’s home, she let her in and allowed her to collect a few belongings.
Prince told police that her ex-girlfriend was angry and possibly drunk, the police report said. The ex-girlfriend told police that she and her friends had been drinking on Jan. 17, the police report said. Prince told police that her ex-girlfriend refused to leave and Prince eventually lifted her to remove her from her house, the police report said. Prince told police she was then kicked in the shin by her ex-girlfriend and put her down, the police report said.
The ex-girlfriend told police she declined to leave when Prince asked her to because she wanted to talk, the police report said. It was at that point, she said, that they began to wrestle, and she believed Prince was trying to get her outside, the police report said. She told police they both fell to the floor, and she suffered injuries to her back. She said Prince grabbed her by the upper chest area, but her breathing was not impeded and she did not believe Prince was intentionally trying to choke her, the police report said.
The ex-girlfriend gave photos she took of herself to police showing bruises on her legs and arms and an abrasion on her back from falling, the police report said.
The ex-girlfriend denied punching Prince and said she was unsure how Prince got the black eye other than being caused by them wrestling, the police report said. The ex-girlfriend said that after the fight she signed a non-disclosure agreement sent to her by Prince and then left the residence.
Prince accused in TikTok videos
In August 2024, Prince was accused by ex-girlfriend Olivia Stabile in a series of TikTok videos of verbal and physical abuse during a trip to Mexico. Prince denied the accusations and was not charged in that incident, but an online petition to remove her from TCU’s basketball team amassed over 160,000 signatures.
Prince, a center, spent two seasons at Oregon before transferring to TCU in 2023. Prince is considered a trailblazer for her efforts to bring equity to women’s college athletics. Prince brought national attention to how differently the men’s and women’s college basketball teams were treated in the 2021 NCAA Tournament when she showed videos of the stark contrast in amenities for male and female athletes.
Her video led to the NCAA commissioning a gender equity report. The report calls Prince’s post “the contemporary equivalent of ‘the shot heard round the world.’”
The NCAA responded by making immediate changes to the 2022 NCAA Tournament, including March Madness branding for the women’s tournament, increasing promotion and creating gift packages and lounges that were identical to those for the men’s teams.
No. 9 TCU will host Texas Tech at 4 p.m. on Saturday.
This story was originally published February 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM.
