Hornets’ Mason Arrested After Fight Outside Bar
Charlotte’s Anthony Mason was arrested on assault charges early Saturday after a fight outside a Harlem bar.
Mason was arraigned on a misdemeanor assault charge, posted $1,000 bond, was ordered back in court March 13, and later went to Charlotte’s game at New Jersey. He arrived in the first quarter and entered the game midway through the second.
The fight broke out at about 4:30 a.m. EST outside Perks Bar, police said. Mason and four other men fought three others, officer Chris Cottingham said.
The three men allegedly assaulted by Mason’s group were hospitalized for minor injuries. Mason wasn’t injured in the fight, Cottingham said.
It’s his third run-in with the law since June 1998.
“I don’t want to become an anti-social hermit,” Mason said after the game. “I didn’t do anything wrong except be there.”
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