Los Angeles Lakers’ Ron Artest is now officially Metta World Peace reports ESPN. A quick hearing at the Los Angeles Superior Court last Friday made the name change official. According to World Peaces’ publicist, Courtney Barnes, he was not present at the ruling. Nahla Rajan his attorney represented her client to commissioner Matthew C. St. George. “[Rajan] walked up, the judge said, ‘We understand he wants to change his name and he wants to do it for personal reasons,’ and it was granted, “World Peace’s publicist, Courtney Barnes, told ESPN. “That was it. It was that quick.” Metta’s first request to change his name last month was postponed due to him not being able to pay an outstanding parking ticket. But earlier this month as he was waiting for the change, World Peace told Stephanie A. Smith on 710 ESPNLA “Metta is going to be the first name and it means like friendship, love and kindness. World Peace is going to be the last name, so everybody can get ready to buy their World Peace jerseys.” His 8-year-old daughter, Diamond, also wants to change her surname form Artest to World Peace. “Metta is a Buddhist term, and Barnes told the paper it took World Peace “years of research and soul-searching to find a first name that was both personally meaningful and inspirational,” says The Los Angeles Times.
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