No charges to be filed in club fight involving Bucks' Larry Sanders

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office says no criminal charges will be issued following an altercation at "Apartment 720" during the early morning hours of Sunday, November 3rd. Numerous people, including Larry Sanders of the Milwaukee Bucks, were involved in the altercation.

Police say following an investigation into the matter, it remains undetermined how the altercation started and who initiated it.

No criminal charges will issue out of this incident, and the matter has been referred back to the Milwaukee Police Department to determine whether any municipal citations are appropriate.

Police say the incident occurred around 2:20 a.m. on Sunday, November 3rd, when officers were sent to meet the victim of a battery at the hospital.

The victim is a 26-year-old man from Sussex, who told officials he was cut when he was struck with a bottle during a fight that happened around 1:15 a.m. at Apartment 720.

The victim identified the suspect as a 24-year-old Milwaukee man. Police have not identified the suspect because he has not been charged.

TMZ is reporting Sanders, who recently signed a $44 million contract with the Bucks was at Apartment 720 when a fight broke out near the VIP room.

According to TMZ, sources with the club say Sanders was walking by the VIP room when Sanders was splashed with champagne from a group celebrating at a nearby table. TMZ says Sanders was familiar with some of the members of the group.

TMZ says Sanders confronted the group about the splash and things escalated quickly. Moments later, according to TMZ, a fight broke out between Sanders and the group.

TMZ says security raced to the scene, but in the melee, Sanders allegedly grabbed a bottle and attacked another patron with it, causing a gash in the other man’s head that required several stitches.

TMZ says security broke up the fight and police responded to the club, but Sanders and the other party had left.

Sanders did not play in the Bucks matchup Wednesday night at the BMO Harris Bradley Center against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

On Thursday, Bucks Coach Larry Drew reacted to the news that Sanders will not face charges.

"I think that's good news. That's real good news," Drew said.

Drew says Sanders came to practice Thursday and worked from the sidelines.

"I think he's very, very capable of moving forward and me as a coach, his teammates, the organization, everybody that's a part of his life -- we want to try to help him to move forward. Hopefully he'll learn from this incident and he can put it behind him and we can march on," Drew said.

Drew says he tries to be a mentor to Sanders and other team members.

"I'll continue to be that little birdie on his shoulder, not just for him but for all the guys. It's unfortunate that the incident did happen, but again, we have to learn from it. He has to learn from it and I really believe that he will -- at least I hope that he will," Drew said.

Drew says players know they are in the public eye and have to be mindful of that.

"My conversation with him -- one of the first things he said about the whole situation is that he should never have put himself in that position," Drew said.