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Football player tells cops: I was punched by Draymond Green

FILE - In this April 27, 2016, file photo, Golden State Warriors' Draymond Green celebrates after scoring against the Houston Rockets during the first half in Game 5 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series, in Oakland, Calif. Green was arrested for an alleged assault over the weekend in East Lansing, Michigan, according to online court records.
The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, July 10, 2016, in the city where Green played for Michigan State from 2008-12. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
FILE - In this April 27, 2016, file photo, Golden State Warriors' Draymond Green celebrates after scoring against the Houston Rockets during the first half in Game 5 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series, in Oakland, Calif. Green was arrested for an alleged assault over the weekend in East Lansing, Michigan, according to online court records. The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, July 10, 2016, in the city where Green played for Michigan State from 2008-12. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) FILE - In this April 27, 2016, file photo, Golden State Warriors' Draymond Green celebrates after scoring against the Houston Rockets during the first half in Game 5 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series, in Oakland, Calif. Green was arrested for an alleged assault over the weekend in East Lansing, Michigan, according to online court records. The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, July 10, 2016, in the city where Green played for Michigan State from 2008-12. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

DETROIT (AP) – A Michigan State football player told police that he was punched in the jaw by Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green in an incident that led to a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery.

East Lansing police on Wednesday released a report of the incident, which occurred outside a restaurant early Sunday. The report says Green had a blood-alcohol level of 0.10 percent when he was tested later at a police station and he wasn’t released until he was sober.

Michigan State cornerback Jermaine Edmondson told police he was “choked” the previous night by two men who were with the NBA player at a bar, and then he was punched by Green when he tried to talk to him on Sunday. An officer says he saw a “slap.”