Jefferson Charged With Assault In Minnesota

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The Associated Press reported Wednesday that New Jersey Nets forward Richard Jefferson was arrested on Wednesday in Minneapolis on a charge of assault stemming from an incident earlier this year. The report says that Jefferson, was charged with assaulting a man on January 27, as the Nets were in the city to play the Timberwolves. The man pressing the charges says that he was having a private party in a club at a downtown Minneapolis hotel, his section of the club was roped off from the rest of the establishment. The man alleges that Jefferson came into the section without an invitation, and when asked? to leave started to choke the man.? Jefferson’s first court hearing is?scheduled for June?18, a spokesman for the Nets had no comment on the case. Jefferson’s agent could not be reached for comment.

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