Rapper Sean “P Diddy” Combs will have a meeting with a hearing officer in October to resolve a case over a confrontation at the University of California, Los Angeles prosecutors have decided.
City attorney’s spokesman Rob Wilcox said the October 15 hearing, known as an informal conference, will determine whether Diddy should be charged with a misdemeanour over the incident, undergo anger-management counselling or make a restitution payment.
The good news for the music star is that charges are rarely filed after an informal conference.
City attorneys received the case after county prosecutors declined to file a felony case against the hip-hop mogul in July.
Diddy was arrested on June 20 after police said he wielded a piece of weight-room equipment called a kettlebell at the university, where his son plays football.
The rapper has said he was defending himself and his son.
UCLA officials have said little about the confrontation except that no one was seriously hurt. Justin Combs, a redshirt junior defensive back, remains part of the UCLA team that won its season-opening game against Virginia on September 5.
He has played in just a handful of games in his three years with the team.
Diddy’s lawyer Mark Geragos wrote in a statement that he was pleased with the outcome: “We are pleased that once again, an independent prosecutor has reviewed all the so-called evidence and rejected filing any criminal charges involving Sean Combs.”
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