Josh Hamilton pleads guilty to unlawful restraint

Hamilton will pay court costs and a $500 fine, attend anger control counseling and parenting classes, and do community service.
Josh Hamilton #32 of the Texas Rangers looks on during batting practice prior to game one of the American League Division Series against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on October 8, 2015 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Josh Hamilton #32 of the Texas Rangers looks on during batting practice prior to game one of the American League Division Series against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on October 8, 2015 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Photo credit Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images

Former Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton pleaded guilty Tuesday to unlawful restraint -- a Class A misdemeanor.

Hamilton had been indicted on a felony charge of injury to a child after his teenage daughter accused him of hitting her in 2019.

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The former MLB star's 14-year-old daughter told her mother, Hamilton’s ex-wife, that he struck her on the back and the legs after she made a comment that upset him.

Hamilton will pay court costs and a $500 fine, attend anger control counseling and parenting classes, and do community service.

The 40-year-old was part of the Rangers' only two World Series teams in 2010 and 2011 and was an All-Star five seasons in a row.

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