Criminal Justice
Longhorns Star Charged in Alleged Fight With Texas Law Student
A pick-up basketball game at the University of Texas led to a misdemeanor assault charge against a star Longhorns freshman safety after he allegedly fought with a law student at the school’s Gregory Gymnasium last month, leaving the fledgling legal eagle with a bloody lip.
An arrest affidavit says the Texas law student, Jonathan Fuhrman, told police that Kenny Vaccaro and his friends were throwing basketballs at him, according to the Austin American-Statesman and ESPN.
After Fuhrman then threw a basketball at Vaccaro, hitting him in the head, Vaccaro punched him in the face, Fuhrman says.
Vaccaro told police Fuhrman was “always on the court trying to start a fight,” the affidavit states.
Hat tip: Above the Law.
