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Longhorns Star Charged in Alleged Fight With Texas Law Student

Posted Oct 7, 2009 5:26 PM CST
By Martha Neil

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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.

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