The news about a basketball player spitting on fans is getting viral on the internet. Read the article below all about the incident.
As strange as it sounds, a basketball player named Mac Etienne allegedly spat on Arizona fans after his team lost the match.
Soon, he was arrested by the police and the incident was looked upon.
Mac enrolled in the middle of last season after the pandemic curtailed his final prep school season. He has played in 13 games with the Bruins, making one start, and averaged 2.6 points and 2.8 rebounds in 11.4 minutes per game.
Basketball: Who Is Mac Etienne?
Mac Etienne is an American college basketball player. He is a redshirt freshman forward for the University of California, United States.
The basketball player plays for UCLA Bruins. He got into the ream in the middle of the year between 2020 and 2021.
Furthermore, Mac attended Suffield Academy which is located in Connecticut before he joined UCLA.
Recently, he has come into the news for allegedly spitting on a fan in Zona Zoo.
UCLA Player Arrested For Allegedly Spitting On Fan In Zona Zoo
UCLA player was arrested and was cited for assault after spitting at Arizona fans following the Bruins’ 76-66 loss to the Wildcats on Thursday night, 3rd Febreurary.
The incident was recorded in a video. In the video, Etienne was looking toward Arizona fans and was spitting in their direction as the team exited the floor following the game. Etienne is a four-star recruit who is out is the season with a knee injury.
Later, he returned to the locker room with his team. Soon, University of Arizona police officers told him he would be placed under arrest and issued a citation for assault with “the intent to injure, provoke or insult” another person.
This piece of news was told to ESPN by Sgt. Sean Shields, the public information officer of Arizona police.
However, Etienne was not placed in handcuffs.
Is Mac Etienne In Jail?
According to Shields, Etienne will have a court date in Arizona. He could potentially be allowed to address the citation without traveling back to the state.
Furthermore, Shields said that the information about any exchange between Etienne and the fan/s he allegedly spat on would be released in the official report about the incident on Friday.