Former NBA star Dwight Howard has had multiple police responses to his Suwanee, Georgia, mansion in the past two weeks, including one involving a suicide threat, amid a rapidly deteriorating marriage that culminated in a divorce filing on Monday.
According to a representative from the Gwinnett County Police Department, officers were dispatched three times over the past 14 days to the home Howard shares with his wife, Amber Howard (also known as Amy Luciani). The calls were for a suicide threat, a domestic incident and a theft report. Specific details about the circumstances of each call, including dates and outcomes, remain unclear, and no further information on arrests or charges has been released.
The police activity comes as Howard, 40, filed for divorce from Amber Howard in Gwinnett County court on March 9, 2026. In court documents, he cited the marriage as “irretrievably broken” with no hope of reconciliation and requested exclusive use of the Georgia mansion. The couple married in January 2025.
The filing followed public accusations from Amber Howard over the weekend. In social media videos, she tearfully alleged that Howard has substance abuse issues, including cocaine use, and claimed Child Protective Services removed a daughter from the home due to related concerns. She also stated that CPS and police had been called to the residence multiple times in recent months—references that align with but expand beyond the two-week window reported by police—and accused Howard of coaching a child to provide false information to authorities.
Howard has not publicly commented on the police calls, the divorce, or the allegations. Representatives for the former NBA center did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The couple previously faced divorce proceedings, with Amber Howard filing in July 2025 before reconciling. The latest developments have unfolded publicly amid ongoing personal turmoil for the eight-time NBA All-Star, who last played professionally in Taiwan in recent years after a long career in the league.
Authorities have confirmed the dispatches but provided no additional details on resolutions or current status.
