Chamique Holdsclaw, former WNBA player, indicted on assault charge

(AP) ATLANTA - Former WNBA player and Olympic gold medalist Chamique Holdsclaw is being indicted in a November 2012 shooting in Atlanta, prosecutors said Wednesday.

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A six-count indictment charges Holdsclaw, 35, with aggravated assault, criminal damage and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, Fulton County District Attorney's spokeswoman Yvette Jones said Wednesday.

Holdsclaw was arrested after an argument with Tulsa Shock player Jennifer Lacy, 29, who told police she was Holdsclaw's ex-girlfriend. The two were also Atlanta Dream teammates in 2009. Holdsclaw broke the windows to Lacy's car and shot at it Nov. 13, 2012, police said. No one was injured.

After a late-November court appearance, one of Holdsclaw's attorneys said he talked with Lacy and they were trying to resolve the case.

"They are still friends and we expect the alleged victim to support a proper resolution of this," said Edward Garland, an attorney representing Holdsclaw. "In no way did she use the gun to threaten or assault the alleged victim, or do so with a baseball bat."

He acknowledged that Holdsclaw caused damage to Lacy's car, but said his client never intended to hurt her.

"Sometimes charges get made that exceed the scope of the actual events," Garland said, adding that he and his client plan to resolve the case without it going to trial.

Holdsclaw is out on $100,000 bond, and a court date has not been scheduled.

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