Boxer Spadafora’s hearing on stabbing charges postponed
PITTSBURGH – Former lightweight boxing champ Paul Spadafora’s preliminary hearing has been postponed on charges that he stabbed his brother, kicked his mother then threatened Pittsburgh police who intervened.
Spadafora’s attorney, William Difenderfer, says Wednesday’s hearing was delayed until Jan. 12 because the boxer’s 66-year-old mother, Ann, wasn’t available to testify.
Difenderfer didn’t directly address the charges against his 41-year-old client, but says he expects they will eventually be “resolved” – though he didn’t say how.
Police say Spadafora stabbed his brother Dec. 21 and threatened police saying, “I’m gonna kill them.”
Spadafora won the vacant International Boxing Federation lightweight belt in 1999 when he was 23, but surrendered the title after he was charged with shooting his then-girlfriend in 2003.