Bodycam footage shows Marcus Jordan’s interaction with police in Central Florida, before the son of NBA star Michael Jordan was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and other felony charges this week.
A portion of footage, released by the Maitland Police Department, shows the younger Jordan’s blue Lamborghini SUV resting partially sideways on a set of railroad track Maitland, an Orange County, Florida suburb.
The video shows another unidentified person, who appears to be female, in the area with Jordan standing nearby his vehicle.
Court documents in the case obtained by a USA TODAY reporter revealed Jordan told police he had left a strip club before getting his vehicle stuck on the tracks sometime around 1:30 am. Tuesday.
‘(I) made a wrong turn,’ Jordan, 34, allegedly told police in the report.
‘Well I’ve already got concerns about your level of impairment,’ a police officer says in the body cam video.
‘Why?’ Jordan replies.
‘Because I smell alcohol coming from you and you are on train tracks,’ the officers responds in the video.
‘This just happened right now, we thought we were making a right and… I turned onto the train tracks,’ Jordan responded. ‘I’d like to get my car out.’
‘We’ll deal with it after this,’ the officer says, then takes Jordan into custody on suspicion of DUI.
How did Marcus Jordan get stopped by police?
According to court records obtained by USA TODAY, police found Jordan in the luxury SUV with the headlights parked on train tracks near Maitland, an Orange County suburb north of Orlando.
After confirming with local dispatchers a train was about 10 minutes away from approaching the railroad crossing area, court documents show two Maitland Police Department officers approached the SUV where they said they saw the vehicle had sustained damage and learned Jordan had been attempting to get the vehicle off of the tracks.
‘The tires were halfway buried in the dirt/rocks on the tracks from being spun repeatedly,’ an officer wrote in the criminal complaint. ‘I noticed the front bumper of the vehicle was covered in rocks from the tracks and there was damage to the bumper.’
The arrest report says that dispatch advised the arresting officers that Jordan’s vehicle had just fled from a traffic stop initiated by the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. The county is directly north of Orange County.
Jordan’s eyes were reportedly ‘bloodshot and glassy’ when officers spoke to him at the scene and he was ‘confused where he was located.’
Marcus Jordan now free on $4,000 bond
Jordan, whose home address is listed in Orlando, was booked into jail on Tuesday, according to Orange County Corrections Department online records obtained by USA TODAY.
He was arrested on charges of DUI, cocaine possession and resisting arrest, an Orange County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson told USA TODAY Tuesday. On Wednesday, Jordan was free after posting a $4,000 bond, the sheriff’s office spokesperson said.
It was not immediately known whether he had obtained an attorney in the case.
His first court appearance date had not yet been posted online as of Wednesday morning.
Who is Marcus Jordan?
Marcus Jordan is one of Michael Jordan’s five children and a contestant on the ‘Traitors’ Season 2, a reality TV competition steaming on Peacock. He’s also a former guard for the Central Florida Knights basketball team.
He was previously romantically linked to Larsa Pippen, the ex-wife of Scottie Pippen until last year, when the couple called it quits.
Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on X @nataliealund.