J.R. Giddens, KU basketball player, stabbed last night

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Giddens injured in fight outside Lawrence bar
By Eric Weslander, Journal-World

Thursday, May 19, 2005

Kansas University shooting guard J.R. Giddens was cut by a knife in a fight early this morning in the parking lot of the Moon Bar, 821 Iowa.

Lawrence police said Giddens was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital for a laceration to his leg. The wound was characterized as not life-threatening.

Giddens was one of at least six persons injured in the altercation, which happened about 2:20 a.m. today.

Reached this morning by the Journal-World, KU men's basketball coach Bill Self said he would have no comment until he obtained more information on the incident.

Police Sgt. Dan Ward said a 24-year-old Olathe man suffered head injuries. Giddens and four other men were injured by a four-inch folding knife wielded by the Olathe man. Four of those cut, including Giddens, were from Lawrence and one man from Topeka also was cut.

"Some of these individuals that were cut were possibly trying to break up a fight," Ward said. "Some of them were possibly involved in the fight. And that's what we're trying to determine conclusively."

Ward said there had been no arrests yet but that when the investigation was complete a report would be forwarded to the district attorney.