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Kings' Artest sentenced to 20 days in jail
www.chinaview.cn 2007-05-04 10:04:38
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    LOS ANGELES, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Sacramento Kings star Ron Artest was sentenced to 20 days in jail, 100 days of community service and anger management classes Thursday after pleading "no contest" to a domestic violence charge.

    The domestic violence charge stemmed from a March 5 incident involving Artest and his wife, Kimsha.

    Under the plea agreement, Artest entered a no-contest plea to one misdemeanor count of inflicting corporal injury on a spouse, while three other related charges were dismissed.

    The arrest marked yet another ugly incident involving Artest.

    While playing for the Indiana Pacers, Artest was at the center of a 2004 melee during an NBA game in suburban Detroit and suspended for 75 games, the longest non-drug ban in NBA history.

    After a scuffle on the court with Detroit Pistons center Ben Wallace, Artest was hit with a plastic cup thrown from the stands and he raced into the seating area, attacking a fan he believed threw the cup.

Editor: Gao Ying
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