NBA Star Matt Barnes Gets Community Service For Chelsea Bar Brawl

CHELSEA, NY — NBA star Matt Barnes will get just ten days of community service for his role in a brawl at a Chelsea nightclub, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

Barnes agreed to a plea deal offered by prosecutors and pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, a violation, in exchange for ten days of community service. In December, Barnes was accused starting a fight with a woman and then punching her boyfriend when he came to her aid at Avenue, a celeb-friendly nightclub in Chelsea. He turned himself into police in February after he was charged with assault and obstruction of breathing. Barnes had allegedly choked a woman and then punched her boyfriend, authorities said. Barnes put both of his hands around the woman's neck and squeezed before wrestling her boyfriend to the ground and punching him twice in the face, according to the original criminal complaint filed against Barnes. (Want more local news? Subscribe here for free breaking news alerts, features, neighborhood updates and more from Patch.)

Barnes, a forward for the Golden State Warriors, is fresh the team's NBA championship win against the Cleveland Cavaliers on June 12.

Barnes will complete the community service in his home state of California.

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