Former MSU and current NBA star Draymond Green was arrested for assault early Sunday morning after a source tells 6 News the basketball player slapped an MSU football player.
The source knows Green and is in a position to know his side of the story.
The run-in with the football player actually stretched back to late Friday night/early Saturday morning, when the source says Green and the football player ran into each other at a local bar.
The source says the player felt disrespected because Green didn’t recognize him and insulted the Golden State Warrior.
Green, the source says, decided to leave the bar.
But a day later, at around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, the source says the player ran into Green again at a downtown East Lansing restaurant and continued to curse at him. The source says the football player started moving towards Green, so Green slapped him with an open hand.
East Lansing police were in the immediate area and took Green into custody.
Police say he was jailed in East Lansing and given a summons to return to court. Green, who signed a contract last year worth more than $80 million and donated more than $3 million to MSU, left after paying a $200 bond.
Police also say the other man was not hurt and was not arrested.
Green, who is also scheduled to represent Team USA in the upcoming Olympics, has 10 days to appear in an East Lansing courtroom to advance the case.
If convicted of assault or assault and battery, Green could face 93 days in jail, a $500 fine or both.
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