Overview
- Police responded to a 5:30 a.m. 911 call on June 21, 2026 and found a woman with lacerations at a Burbank home while officers recovered a handgun and issued an emergency protective order.
- Officers initially booked Zaire Wade on multiple counts including domestic violence, criminal threats and false imprisonment before he posted a $50,000 bond and was released the same day.
- On Thursday, July 9, the Los Angeles County District Attorney filed a felony complaint alleging Wade willfully inflicted corporal injury on a dating partner, narrowing the case to one count.
- Wade is scheduled for arraignment on July 16 in Pasadena, neither he nor his family have publicly commented, and several viral posts claiming family statements have been flagged as unverified or likely AI-generated.
- Zaire Wade is the 24-year-old son of former NBA star Dwyane Wade with a history in high school and professional basketball, and the case remains pending with a presumption of innocence while prosecutors and courts proceed.