CA mom who ordered basketball player daughter to sucker-punch opponent ordered to pay $9k

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A California mother has been ordered to pay $9,000 in restitution to the victim's family after she ordered her teenage daughter to sucker-punch her opponent.

Tira Hunt - ex-girlfriend to former NBA player Corey Benjamin and mother of the then-14-year-old assailant - was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and battery for the November incident.

She has entered into a diversion program and has been ordered to pay the hefty price, as well as, to write apology letters to the victim Lauryn Ham, now 16, and her family.

She escaped jail time after the judge allowed her to enter a diversion program.

Hunt, 44, also has to attend an anger management course after she instructed her daughter to 'hit' Ham, then 15.

In the video, Hunt's daughter - whose name has not been released due to being a minor - can be seen shooting a three-pointer when Ham comes to block her and accidentally knocking both of them to the floor.

Ham reportedly suffered from a concussion.

Hunt can be heard screaming: 'You need to hit her.'

Both girls can be seen getting up and continuing down the court before the teen violently switches course and reels toward Ham, sucker-punching her and knocking her to the ground.

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