Houston Rockets star Charles Barkley has reached an out-of-court settlement with the man police say Barkley flung through a plate-glass window in a bar fight, a newspaper reported. But Randy Means, a spokesman for the state attorney's office, said his office will decide by next week whether to file formal charges against Barkley.
A lawyer for Jorge Lugo, who went through a window at Church Street Station on Oct. 26, said he was prevented by the agreement from disclosing terms.On Nov. 13, Orlando police recommended Lugo be charged with battery after witnesses said he threw a glass of ice at a Barkley friend. Barkley was arrested and booked at the Orange County Jail on charges of aggravated battery and resisting arrest without violence. He said he was provoked. Barkley told The Associated Press in Houston late Thursday that he didn't know anything about an agreement with Lugo.
"I wish (he) were dead," Barkley said of Lugo.
Sgt. Bill Mulloy said even if the victim did not want to press charges, there was sufficient cause to arrest Barkley.