Former NBA enforcer and rebounding machine for the New York Knicks Charles Oakley appears in Manhattan Criminal Court, in New York, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Oakley was charged with three counts of misdemeanor assault and one count of criminal trespass during an incident at Madison Square Garden. He is accused of striking one security guard in the face with a closed fist, and when two other people tried to intervene, both were pushed and received cuts. (Alec Tabak/NY Daily News via AP, Pool)
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Charles Oakley reached a plea deal that clears his criminal charges with six months of good behavior and requires him to stay out of Madison Square Garden for a year.
Oakley:
I want to thank all my fans around world .The case is over now that was the hard part. The easy part is stayin away from the garden. OAK
— Charles Oakley (@CharlesOakley34) August 6, 2017
Time heals all wounds, but there clearly still hasn’t been enough time on this one.
