Earlier this week, three people—including ex-Knicks power forward Chris Copeland, his former girlfriend, and another woman—were stabbed during an incident outside the Chelsea club 1OAK. Two Atlanta Hawks players, Pero Antić and Thabo Sefolosha, ended up getting arrested after allegedly interfering with cops. Sefolosha suffered a season-ending injury in the melee, and now Internal Affairs are investigating whether an NYPD officer hit him in the leg with his baton.
TMZ has released a new video taken by a witness of the incident, which occurred around 4 a.m. Wednesday outside the nightclub at 453 West 17th Street. They write, "In this video you can clearly see Sefolosha being tugged in different directions by 6 officers. Additionally ... you can see one of the officers take a big swing with his baton, and it sounds like he makes contact with something."
Sefolosha will miss the Hawks’ final regular-season games and the postseason because of a fractured right fibula and ligament damage. Copeland sustained a knife wound to his left elbow and abdomen and is in stable condition; he also fractured an elbow during the melee. He underwent surgery on his elbow and abdomen and is currently recovering.
Sefolosha and Antic were both charged with resisting arrest and Obstructing Governmental Administration. According to the criminal complaint, Antic and Sefolosha were told six times to clear the scene, but would only "move a couple of feet away but refuse to clear the area."
