Top NASCAR agent charged with assault with deadly weapon of government official and spends two nights behind bars

Top NASCAR agent Rod Moskowitz has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon of a government official after being arrested and spending two nights behind bars.Moskowitz, 52, was booked in Mecklenburg County jail in North Carolina on Thursday, October 22 and released at 6:04am on Saturday, October 24, police records show. He was released after posting a $1,000 bond.He heads up the racing division of PROSPORT Management that represents some of NASCAR’s biggest stars including Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, William Byron, Bubba Wallace and Tyler Reddick. An affidavit obtained by the Daily Mail shows Moskowitz was arrested for allegedly driving his 2023 Toyota Sequoia in an ‘aggressive and reckless manner’ shortly after noon on Thursday in Huntersville. Police officers were on the scene for a ‘civil disturbance’, the document states, when Moskowitz was observed operating his vehicle ‘in an unsafe manner causing his vehicle to hit the ditch.’It is stated his car became ‘stuck momentarily’ before ‘reversing and pulling into the driveway’ where two officers and ‘numerous other people standing outside attempted to get Rod to stop his vehicle as to not cause any injury to officers on the scene.’ Top NASCAR agent Rod Moskowitz was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon of a government official in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Moskowitz represents some of NASCAR’s biggest stars and is PROSPORTS Management CEO Bubba Wallace and Chase Elliott are among Moskowitz’s star-studded list of clientsThe affidavit claims one officer ‘waved his hands in an unobstructed view’ and struck the vehicle with his hands to ‘attempt to get him to stop driving his vehicle in an aggressive manner.’It is alleged one officer had to ‘step out of the way three separate times to avoid being struck’ by the vehicle before two officers were able to remove Moskowitz from the car and place him under arrest.Moskowitz is listed as CEO at PROSPORT Management, which calls itself a ‘leading talent management agency with deep expertise in the business of professional sports.’PROSPORT is the premier talent representation firm in NASCAR, and in American motorsports for that matter, representing several of the most elite and most popular race car drivers in NASCAR.’The company also represents several USMNT soccer stars including Walker Zimmerman, Tanner Tessman and Drake Calendar as well as a number of big-name golfers from LIV Golf, including Bubba Watson, Geoff Ogilvy and Kevin Na.Pittsburgh Steelers star DK Metcalf is also signed to the agency, which Moskowitz owns alongside golf agent Jens Beck and soccer agents Mike Gartlan and Oscar Olsen, per the company website.