{"id":358852,"date":"2011-04-01T18:45:35","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T18:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/witnesses-say-former-nba-referee-took-a-swing-at-dominique-wilkins-first\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T18:45:35","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T18:45:35","slug":"witnesses-say-former-nba-referee-took-a-swing-at-dominique-wilkins-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/witnesses-say-former-nba-referee-took-a-swing-at-dominique-wilkins-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Witnesses Say Former NBA Referee Took A Swing At Dominique Wilkins First"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"78.403750689465\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" ism=\"true\" width=\"461\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/bfc7411fwreferreee1.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/72.47.232.87\/2011\/03\/31\/fight-night-video-of-dominique-wilkins-punching-out-assailant-courtside\"><strong>We told you earlier<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0about the courtside fight former NBA baller <strong>Dominique Wilkins<\/strong> had with a\u00a0former NBA referee, and now\u00a0witnesses are\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/sports\/atlanta-hawks\/ex-ref-says-wilkins-892407.html?cxntlid=cmg_cntnt_rss\">saying<\/a> that the ref took a swing at Dominique\u00a0first!\u00a0 Deets inside&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"482\" height=\"334\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/c7c5db46all-of-Fame.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sources say former NBA\u00a0referee\u00a0<strong>Rashan S. Michel<\/strong>, who\u00a0found himself with\u00a0a swollen left eye and misdemeanor assault charges for\u00a0confronting\u00a0Dominique Wilkins over an alleged $12,500 clothing debt, swung at\u00a0the baller\u00a0first.\u00a0 <br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rashan, who was booked at\u00a0Fulton County Jail and\u00a0charged with two counts of simple battery,\u00a0was released\u00a0on $1,000 bond early Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nAfter his release Rashan then tried to explain\u00a0why he approached Dominique.\u00a0 On V103&#8217;s\u00a0&#8220;Frank and Wanda Morning Show&#8221;, he\u00a0said,\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"7\">\n<p><em>&#8220;I was like, \u2018Let&#8217;s handle this like men, work out a payment plan.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He later tweeted:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"6\">\n<p><em>&#8220;I call what happened at Philips Arena earlier, Operation Repo. &#8230; Next time have my money!\u201d\u00a0<br \/><\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Unfortunately, Dominique has had\u00a0problems with the IRS and the federal government placed a lien against his house on Wisteria Vine Lane in Lilburn in 2008 for $37,833 in back taxes. The lien was released on Aug. 31.<\/p>\n<p>But new details have emerged regarding the incident. Officer <strong>Kim Jones<\/strong>, an Atlanta police spokeswoman, said after the game Rashan made his way to press row and hit Dominique in the chest.<\/p>\n<p>And another arena employee said Rashan took a swing at Dominique, who then deflected the blow before shoving Michel into the first row of seats. After that, <strong>Sekou Smith<\/strong> of NBA.com said Dominique got in three solid punches while Rashan landed none.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Atlanta Hawks spokesman <strong>Arthur Triche <\/strong>said the team has instructed Dominique not to comment.<\/p>\n<p>Ouch&#8230;.looks like Rashan was&#8217;t prepared for the fight with the 6&#8217;8&#8243; baller. That had to hurt.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/bfc7411fwreferreee1.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Excerpt from:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/theybf.com\/2011\/04\/01\/witnesses-say-former-nba-referee-took-a-swing-at-dominique-wilkins-first\" title=\"Witnesses Say Former NBA Referee Took A Swing At Dominique Wilkins First\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Witnesses Say Former NBA Referee Took A Swing At Dominique Wilkins First<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 We told you earlier \u00a0about the courtside fight former NBA baller Dominique Wilkins had with a\u00a0former NBA referee, and now\u00a0witnesses are\u00a0 saying that the ref took a swing at Dominique\u00a0first!\u00a0 Deets inside&#8230;. \u00a0 Sources say former NBA\u00a0referee\u00a0 Rashan S<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-358852","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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