NBA Player Matt Barnes Accused of Choking Woman in NYC Nightclub

CHELSEA, NY — Sacramento Kings player Matt Barnes is wanted for questioning after being accused of choking a woman in a New York City nightclub early Monday morning, an NYPD spokeswoman told Patch.

Barnes was involved in a dispute at Avenue, a Chelsea nightclub on 10th Avenue near West 17th Street, around 3:20 Monday morning, an NYPD spokeswoman told Patch. During the fight, Barnes allegedly choked a 26-year-old woman and fought another woman and man as they tried to intervene, police said. Barnes is currently wanted by the NYPD for questioning, the NYPD spokeswoman told Patch.

Barnes left the club before police arrived, an NYPD spokeswoman told Patch.

TMZ acquired a video of Barnes and Sacramento Kings star teammate Demarcus Cousins leaving the nightclub. In the video Cousins says, "Hey, this n---- was trying to choke Matt. I hit the shit out this n----."

Barnes posted this message to his Instagram page Monday afternoon:

Barnes made headlines in 2015 for fighting former New York Knicks Head Coach Derek Fisher in Los Angeles. The fight was caused by Fisher's attempted romance of Barnes' ex-wife Gloria Govan.

The Sacramento Kings were in the city to play the New York Knicks Sunday night. The Kings lost the game 106-98 and Barnes finished with a dreadful 2 points making only one shot in 11 attempts. During the game Knicks fans heckled Barnes by chanting Derek Fisher's name.

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