Matt Barnes spits on his fiancee’s ex-husband before Sunday’s 49ers-Cowboys NFL playoff game

NBA bad boy Matt Barnes was seen spitting on his fiancée’s ex-husband in a heated brawl at the Dallas Cowboys-San Francisco 49ers game, despite the 2017 NBA champion claiming he was not the instigator and that he was threatened.

The altercation between Barnes and David Patterson Jr., who was previously married to Anansa Sims, the daughter of former model Beverly Johnson, took place at 3:40 p.m. Sunday before the Niners’ 12-19 victory at the Levi’s Stadium, according to TMZ.

The footage shows Barnes, a former NBA official who last played for the Golden State Warriors, spitting on Patterson, a former NFL defensive tackle, though tensions later flared when a group of fans had to separate the two. two men after an exchange of insults earlier. both separating their own paths.

Matt Barnes, 42, was filmed spitting on his fiancée’s ex-husband at the Niners-Cowboys game.

The 42-year-old former NBA forward recently got engaged to Anansa Sims on December 26.

Barnes said Patterson had been harassing him for a while, including “aggressively pursuing me and confronting me,” according to a temporary civil restraining order petition filed with the US District Court for the Central District of California, two days after the incident. incident.

He added that his fiancée’s ex-husband “pushed me and forced me to take him away from me.”

“I didn’t want the altercation to physically escalate further, and out of frustration with him looking for me and his relentless harassment, I decided to [spat] in his direction in his displeasure.’

Barnes also alleged in court records that Sims’ ex-boyfriend once threatened to shoot him with his glock and believes that Patterson Jr. “is jealous of my relationship with his ex-wife.”

David Patterson Jr. is a former NFL defensive tackle who played with the Atlanta Falcons.

Patterson (far right) was previously married to Sims (center right), who is the daughter of model Beverley Johnson (center left)

He also claimed that Patterson Jr. previously threatened to shoot him with his gun in 2022 and that he instigated their fight on Sunday by “repeatedly yelling my full name.”

DailyMail.com has contacted Barnes’ lawyer, Jacquelynn L. Hansen, for further comment. In his request for a temporary restraining order, Barnes asked a judge to refrain from allowing Patterson Jr. to approach him within 100 yards of him.

Police also told TMZ that they were called to Levi’s Stadium to report an assault charge. That’s when they identified the 42-year-old former small forward, who had a 13-year NBA career from 2014 to 2017.

After his spat with his fiancée’s ex-husband, Barnes basked in the 49ers’ victory while watching all the game action from seats in his stadium suite.

He and Sims have been dating for five years. The couple got engaged after Barnes proposed on December 26, according to the former NBA player’s Instagram.

Barnes was serving a two-game suspension for attacking and threatening former NBA player Derek Fisher for dating his ex-wife Gloria Govan in 2015.