The Warriors fan who fell from an upper-level ledge at Oracle Arena at the end of Game 7 of the NBA Finals claims he didn't jump, but that a Cavaliers fan pushed him.
Salvator Bimbo, 21, regained consciousness after the 50-foot fall and has denied that he jumped at the end of the Warriors 93-89 loss to the Cavaliers.
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“I did not jump,” he told TV station KRON 4. “I was pushed by a Cavaliers fan.”
According to Bimbo, he was recording a spat between Warriors and Cavaliers fans when someone picked him up and pushed him over the ledge.
Bimbo, a married father of two, is still in Oakland’s Highland Hospital intensive care unit in stable condition. He has had surgery on his elbow and is expected to have several more surgeries.
“My son’s cheekbone is smashed, his nose, his upper-eye, his head, his brain,” Bimbo's father, Ronnie, told KRON 4. “He’s leaking (blood) from his ears … Not very good. He’s a beautiful young man. Did not deserve this.”
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Oakland police are investigating the incident. Meanwhile, the Bimbo family is offering a $25,000 reward for information about the suspect.
The family also started a GoFundMe page to help raise money to help pay Salvator Bimbo's medical bills.