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Report: Police nearing arrest of Kings' Barnes for allegedly assaulting woman

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Police are closing in on arresting Sacramento Kings forward Matt Barnes for allegedly assaulting a woman in a New York nightclub last Friday, sources told Graham Rayman of New York Daily News.

A lawsuit was filed Wednesday by Jasmine Besiso and Myrone Powell against Barnes for allegedly choking Besiso.

"They've got enough to charge Barnes with an assault on a woman," a police source told Rayman. "It will probably be a misdemeanor assault on one of the females who was pushed or choked or sustained some sort of injury. She's obviously cooperating."

Barnes' teammate, DeMarcus Cousins, was also involved in the incident, but is not expected to be charged, according to Rayman.

"They looked at several people inside the club. There were some people struck by bottles but that didn't seem to come from the players. There was a little bit of a mini free for all," the source said.

Barnes released a statement on Instagram earlier this week telling followers not to believe everything they read.

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