Assault charge against Eric Lockett dismissed without disciplinary action
Posted February 14, 2019 6:18 a.m. EST
Updated December 24, 2019 4:36 a.m. EST
Raleigh, N.C. — Editor's Note: All charges against Eric Lockett were dismissed, and he was reinstated to the North Carolina State University basketball team with no disciplinary action taken.
After being arrested and charged with assault, Eric Lockett has been suspended from North Carolina State University's basketball team, head coach Kevin Keatts said Thursday.
Lockett, 23, was arrested Thursday morning after he was accused of striking his ex-girlfriend in the face.
Locket was released after bonding out through a pre-trial release program that did not require him to post a cash bail. He is expected to appear in court on March 27.
The woman, Saskia Guilbaud, said Lockett, who is in his last year of eligibility as a guard for NC State, hit her during a fight on Tuesday in his apartment on Western Boulevard. She was visiting from Florida when the two fought.
"I think he made a stupid mistake out of impulse," she said.
"Mr. Lockett has cooperated with police entirely in this matter," said his attorney, Lee Turner.
He said he wants to help his client get out of court and back on the court.
"There is only one year of eligibility left, so all that (is) a definite concern with him, but hopefully it's something we can address quickly in the court system and maybe get him reinstated," Turner said. "That's what we're working for. "
Guilbaud said an Uber driver called 911 on her behalf.
She said she wanted the charges to be dropped.
