Draymond Green Takes Deal In East Lansing Assault Case
EAST LANSING (WWJ/AP) - Lawyers say former Michigan State basketball star and current Olympic team member Draymond Green will pay $560 for a noise violation in a deal that gets an assault charge against him dropped.
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 it's akin to a parking ticket.
Green was accused of striking Michigan State football player Jermaine Edmondson in the face on July 10 outside a restaurant near MSU's campus in East Lansing, but his attorney claims he was just defending himself.
Following the incident, which police say they personally witnessed, Green was arrested and spent a night in jail. Edmondson was not seriously injured.
Green — who was initially charged with misdemeanor assault-and-battery — got no special treatment in the deal, according to Meyers.
Green currently plays for the Golden State Warriors on a $85 million contract and is also playing for the U.S. basketball team in the Summer Olympics that begins next month in Rio de Janeiro.
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