Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Rush court hearing is delayed

By Mike Belt

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A case in Lawrence Municipal Court against Kansas University basketball player Brandon Rush has been continued to April 11 - after the basketball season is over.

Rush, a junior, was supposed to appear in court this morning on charges of failing to appear in court on two other occasions for traffic violations.

Instead, Rush's appearance in court this morning was entered by his attorney David Brown, according to the city prosecutor's office. His case was rescheduled before Judge Randy McGrath for 7 a.m., April 11.

The NCAA men's basketball championship will be played April 7 in San Antonio.

Rush was arrested last week on two warrants for failure to appear. McGrath ordered him to be transported to the Douglas County Jail where he posted $500 bond and was released.

Rush had been cited on Oct. 19 for speeding and in December 2006 for driving on the left of a roadway and not having proof of insurance.

Comments

JNgohawks (anonymous) says...

That should be the last we ever hear of that situation. Saturday sure is a long way away.

December 12, 2007 at 10:37 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

jhawk52 (anonymous) says...

Would that be the Friday following the national championship game? Hope Rush is busy playing basketball until then.

December 12, 2007 at 10:58 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

JayCeph (anonymous) says...

McGrath... any relation to CB?

December 12, 2007 at 11:26 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

jman18562 (anonymous) says...

Are you kidding me? Why let something so small yet so distracting linger? Just take responsibility and get it over with! Why hire an attorney when you could spend less $$$ just paying the damn fines!

December 12, 2007 at 11:31 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

Jayhawk_Jerry (anonymous) says...

It's pretty much over with for now. Brandon isn't going to think or worry about it for the next 4 months anyways. They wanted to postpone it so that it wouldn't be any further of a distraction during the season. Him going to a trial on this deal would cause a lot of attention.

This is the longest week of the year. Finals week and no games, sucks

December 12, 2007 at 11:41 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

jross1972 (Johann Ross) says...

Brandon, make the following mental memo please:

"Note to self (lower case "S"): Court date April 11th, 2008."

December 12, 2007 at 12:10 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

cscher (anonymous) says...

Yep. He needs to pay his fines, get it over with, and work on his ballhandling. Hopefully he'll be wearing a national championship t-shirt to court.

Man, this IS a long week with no bball!

December 12, 2007 at 12:30 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

tis4tim (anonymous) says...

Mike DeCourcy of the Sporting News wrote a nice little column about Allen Field House. I'm not good w/ the hyperlinks, so you may have to copy and paste the link below...

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/news;_y...

December 12, 2007 at 12:49 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

jross1972 (Johann Ross) says...

My ADD is acting up again and my thoughts are running rampant. Does anyone remember the great over-the-head pass Christian Moody made to JR Giddens, when he (JR) made the three pointer? I wish I could find that on youtube.

December 12, 2007 at 1:21 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

jross1972 (Johann Ross) says...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0JMACF6oC2I

December 12, 2007 at 1:28 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

mvjayhawk (anonymous) says...

ah, those were the days. that team should have been a Final Four team. that was a great, great play.

December 12, 2007 at 2:28 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

bulldawgs (anonymous) says...

Perhaps he will have the $$$$ from the agent and be able to afford the fine...I am sure that JaRon and Kareem have no money to give him...

December 12, 2007 at 3:26 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

ChicagoJHawk (anonymous) says...

Nice article jross!

December 12, 2007 at 3:59 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

jross1972 (Johann Ross) says...

Chicago,

While I would like to take credit for the article posted, unfortunately I can not. Recognition for the genius of that discovery belongs to tis4tim.

December 12, 2007 at 4:04 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

jhwkfan162515 (anonymous) says...

Why does there need to be a trial for this? Don't you just pay the fines and be done with it?

December 12, 2007 at 5:46 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

jross1972 (Johann Ross) says...

Im not abreast of the latest legalese, but I dont think this is a trial, per se. I think he just has to show up for court and appear before a judge. Just guessing but he will probably be sentenced to so much time in jail, but be granted a diversion at the same appearance where he'll be placed on probation and have to pay his fines. Someone with more legal knowledge can straighten me out but Im absolutely certain he'll spend no jail time whatsoever.

December 12, 2007 at 6:53 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

seattlehawk_78 (anonymous) says...

I know someone who got his license suspended in another county in Kansas for almost the exact same thing and I believe his suspension was for two years. It's not a crime against another person and it doesn't carry any moral or ethical baggage but the courts take this kind of stuff pretty seriously.

I got tossed in the Douglass County holding tank for an expired drivers license and expired tags. I would have carved my name in the wooden bench but the screws confiscated my shank during the strip search.

December 12, 2007 at 8:26 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

Lebowski (anonymous) says...

I'm glad the court date isn't until after the championship so his lethal injection won't affect the Jayhawks tournament run! :D

December 13, 2007 at 2:21 p.m. ( | suggest removal )