Reports: Green's case likely won't be resolved before Olympics

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It appears Draymond Green's case will not be resolved this month.

The criminal charge Draymond faces in East Lansing likely won't be resolved before the Olympics begin in early August, according to Christopher Haxel of the Lansing State Journal.

Draymond was not in Michigan for his pre-trial conference on Thursday, but he was present via FaceTime, according to the report.

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"We're still accumulating witness' statements and we're trying to get to the bottom of this," Draymond's attorney, James Heos, told Haxel.

"From our perspective we're trying to handle this matter as if it were any other individual," East Lansing City Attorney Thomas Yeadon said. "We try to resolve most of our cases without going to trial so I don't imagine this case will be any different."

Draymond was arrested early in the morning on Sunday, July 10 after allegedly slapping Jermaine Edmondson Jr.

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"We started plea negotiations, but nothing was resolved," East Lansing assistant city attorney David Meyers told Brendan F. Quinn of MLive.com.

An excerpt from MLive.com:

Green, 26, faces maximum penalties of a $500 fine and/or 90 days in jail on the assault charge if found guilty. He was released on the morning of the alleged incident on $200 bond.

According to Meyers, the Golden State Warriors forward is free to leave the country for the Games.

"More than likely, (the next pretrial conference) is going to be set in September and he already has leave to be out of the country," Meyers said. "More than likely, he'll be allowed to do it, so we wouldn't object to him playing in the Olympics at all."

 

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