Personal Life
West is of African American and Piscataway Native American descent.
On September 17, 2009 West was pulled over for a traffic violation while riding a 3-wheeled motorcycle. During this stop it was found that West had a 9mm Beretta pistol, .357 Magnum and a Remington 870 in a guitar case. He was arrested and had a court appearance on November 20. His trial was scheduled to be heard on February 18, 2010, but was postponed until July 21, 2010. West pleaded guilty to the traffic and weapons charges and was sentenced to electronic monitoring, unsupervised probation, and 40 hours of community service as well as psychological counseling.
West suffers from bipolar disorder. In 2012, West admitted that his reputation around the NBA had been affected by a 2010 internet rumor that he had a sexual encounter with LeBron James's mother, Gloria.
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