7th July, 2005 - 10:03 pm
Minneapolis Star-Tribune -
Free-agent forward Eddie Griffin was in jail Thursday for violating his
probation, a court official said.
Griffin, on probation after pleading guilty in a 2003 assault case, was listed
as a witness in a disturbance at a club in Houston on Wednesday, state district
court coordinator Virginia Cerda said.
It was a violation of his probation because he was
"consorting with disreputable people''at a compromising time of day, Cerda said
Griffin's attorney, Rusty Harbin, said Griffin went to a nightclub to pick up a
friend and an altercation broke out.Griffin was not involved in the altercation
and was not drinking at the time, according to Harbin and a police report that
listed Griffin as a witness.
"Eddie has made a lot of mistakes and Eddie has had a lot of problems in his
life, but this is not something he created at all,'' Harbin said.
Harbin said that Griffin was being harassed by two men who were arrested at the
scene.
"He's a great kid, totally still under control, and is going to make somebody a
great ball player,'' Harbin said.
Griffin chose a 15-day sentence for the violation rather than going to a
hearing that could have resulted in a harsher punishment. He was jailed
Wednesday and will get out July 20, a spokeswoman at the Harris County Jail
said Thursday
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