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The city attorney has completed a pair of hearings in the misdemeanor battery case involving UCLA basketball forward Nikola Dragovic and no charges have been filed, a spokesman said.

Dragovic was arrested in early November on suspicion of pushing his live-in girlfriend to the ground during an argument.

The city attorney's office met with the alleged victim to discuss the incident and advise her of various options, including the possibility of obtaining a restraining order.

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That's good news

Still I am hoping this is a lesson for ND and rest of their team mates. It’s always good to make sure they do everything they can to not get themselves in this kind of situation.

Again this is a relief. Now ND can focus on school and Ben Ball.

by Nestor on Dec 18, 2008 5:31 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I don't want to say "I told you so", but I think I did.

No offense intended to the many who wanted immediate sanctions or a suspension, but innocent until proven guilty is a constitutional right based upon very solid values. Yes, I know that the Constitution would not prohibit a school or team from imposing an administrative sanction, but doing so might have resulted in an injustice.

As I wrote when this news came up, I trusted CBH to handle this correctly — and he did.

We’ve now had two similar moments, one with MJD and one with ND where at the end of the investigation no charges were filed.

I think these are very good examples of why it’s wise to cool one’s jets when someone is arrested or linked to a potential violation.

In both cases, the criminal justice system seemed to work correctly.

I think some people want to throw the book at our own guys, immediately, is because the system doesn’t seem to work across town.

I don’t think it proper to inappropriately punish our guys so that we can hold the moral high ground when complaining that their guys never get punished.

We own the moral high ground, already, and inappropriately punishing people diminishes rather than enhances our stature.

And, yes, I agree whole heartedly that our players should never get into these situations in the first place. But, we really don’t know what ND’s situation was other than that he was breaking up with a girl friend, which happens, and he went to get his stuff. One story was that he inadvertently opened the door into her. Hardly a criminal or chargeable act.

When you have coaches you trust you can put these matters in their hands. I trust CBH. Again, he did and said all the right things.

sjh

by Class of 66 on Dec 19, 2008 2:53 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

66

Although I disagree with you here somewhat (because I come from the school of thought that CBH did the right thing in punshing ND right away and perhaps sit him out for another game or two) I think you should put this comment up in the Fan Post section. It is very thought provoking and I think its important other folks don’t miss it. Thanks!

by Nestor on Dec 19, 2008 5:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

We Really Don't Disagree Much

I think having ND sit out a game probably was more a matter of getting him to focus than of punishing him.

I posted because when MJD happened and this, there were people speculating about what happened, creating hypothetical scenarios, and then calling for punishment for those hypothetical scenarios.

They hypotheticals took on a life of their own, and some began to talk as though ND had beaten up his ex-girlfriend.

We saw the same thing happen with MJD — who when he was with us, and now is a great person whose head is on straight.

I’ll combine some of this in a fan post.

The stigma attached during events like this can ruin reputations.

sjh

by Class of 66 on Dec 19, 2008 7:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

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