Report: Sacramento Mayor and Former NBA Star Kevin Johnson Hit in Face with Pie

Hector Amezcua/Sacramento Bee/MCT via Getty Images(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — A pie in the face of a former NBA star lands one man in jail.

It was a coconut cream pie, according to local activist Sean Thompson, who took the treat from his grocery bag and smashed it in the face of Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson at a charity event.

Johnson, who spent 12 seasons as point guard for the Phoenix Suns, reacted by reportedly tackling the pie-wielder.

Thompson told ABC station KXTV-TV the incident landed him in the hospital.

“And I have nine stitches to show for it,” he said.

Although he liked the three-time NBA All-Star when he first became mayor, the activist told KXTV-TV he was upset that Johnson paid more attention to the Sacramento Kings instead of the homeless.

“He’s had a lot of opportunities to help a lot of people and he’s just ignored every one of them,” Thompson said.

The pie-wielder said to KXTV-TV the mayor “overreacted.”

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