Clippers' Blake Griffin charged with one count of misdemeanor battery

Clippers’ Blake Griffin charged with one count of misdemeanor battery

Staff Writer

Nov. 12, 2014 4:55 PM PT

Clippers forward Blake Griffin has been charged with one count of misdemeanor battery in connection with an incident at a Las Vegas nightclub last month.

Daniel Schuman, 39, alleges in a case filed in Las Vegas Justice Court that Griffin squeezed his hand and shoulder and/or slapped him in the face. The altercation involved the use of a camera at the Tao nightclub in the Venetian resort, according to a Las Vegas police spokesman.

The Clippers declined to comment.

Griffin faces an initial court date of Dec. 8 at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas.

According to Nevada law, misdemeanor battery carries a range of possible penalties, including six months of jail and/or a $1,000 fine or community service in lieu of jail time.

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Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

Clippers’ Blake Griffin charged with one count of misdemeanor battery

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