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Draymond Green to Avoid Jail Time after Reaching Plea Deal
Draymond Green was facing a charge of misdemeanor assault or misdemeanor assault and battery before reaching a plea deal on Friday.
July 23rd, 2016 | 07:43 AM | 968 views
UNITED STATES
Lawyers say Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green will pay $560 for a noise violation and avoid jail time in a deal that gets rid of a misdemeanor assault and battery charge in East Lansing, Michigan.
David Meyers, an attorney for the city, says the noise violation is not a criminal charge so no guilty plea is required. Green's attorney, James Heos, said Friday that the violation is akin to a parking ticket.
Meyers said Green got no special treatment in the deal.
Green was accused of striking former Michigan State football player Jermaine Edmondson in the face on July 10 outside a restaurant near campus. Police say they witnessed the incident. Heos says Green was defending himself.
Edmondson, who played defensive back for the Spartans, was released from the school on July 13. In a statement announcing the release, football coach Mark Dantonio said Edmondson wanted to play a larger role on the team and felt it was in his best interest to finish his playing career elsewhere.
Green, 26, is in Las Vegas with the USA basketball team preparing for the Olympics, which begin in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 5. The basketball competition is slated for Aug. 6-21.
He appeared in 81 games for the Warriors last season and started 23 games in Golden State's playoff run to the NBA Finals, where they lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers in seven games. He missed Game 5 of the Finals for an accumulation of flagrant fouls throughout the postseason.
Green played four seasons for Michigan State under coach Tom Izzo.
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