04-08-2015, 12:20 PM
(04-08-2015, 10:41 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: Foul Night At Da Club -- NBA: Indiana Pacer & Atlanta HawksThe question bears asking... What if he was a white basketball player? Would he and his wife have been slashed?
Indiana Pacers forward Chris Copeland and his wife, Katrine Saltara (pic above), were stabbed during an early morning confrontation at a nightclub in Chelsea, reports CBS New York.
Copeland was stabbed in the abdomen and Saltara was slashed in the arm, breast and buttocks, police said. An unidentified 53-year-old woman was also slashed in the stomach.
The alleged assailant, 22-year-old Shezoy Bleary, was arrested. Police said a knife was recovered.
Sources tell CBS New York that the stabbings followed an argument involving Copeland, Bleary and Saltara, which occurred as the bar was closing, at about 4 a.m.
Two members of the Atlanta Hawks -- ^ Thabo Sefolosha and Pero Antić -- were also taken into custody for allegedly obstructing the crime scene in front of the 1 OAK nightclub.
The Pacers are in town to face the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden tonight. Copeland, 31, was a member of the Knicks during his rookie season in 2012-13.
Copeland and his wife are in stable condition at Bellevue Hospital.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nba-player-c...city-club/