Ex-HS star Bates set to have charges dismissed

The felony charges against Emoni Bates, a erstwhile apical enlistee present astatine Eastern Michigan, are acceptable to beryllium dismissed adjacent week, his lawyer told ESPN.

Attorney Steve Haney said successful a telephone interrogation connected Thursday that Bates is successful the process of being reinstated by the university, diversion section and president. He had been suspended the past 3 weeks pending solution of the felony charges.

Haney added that felony charges against Bates are acceptable to beryllium dismissed Wednesday successful a league earlier the Washtenaw County (Michigan) Circuit Court.

Haney said helium has negotiated a plea woody with the Washtenaw County Prosecutor's bureau successful speech for the dismissal of each felony charges. Bates is expected to plead to 1 misdemeanor number of attempted amerciable proscription of a weapon. It volition beryllium wholly dismissed upon completion of a misdemeanor diversion program.

Eastern Michigan University confirmed Bates' instrumentality to field and schoolhouse activities successful a connection released Thursday afternoon.

"The Eastern Michigan University section of athletics has received notification that determination is an statement betwixt the Washtenaw County prosecutor's bureau and Emoni Bates' defence squad that would effect successful the felony charges being dismissed," the connection said. "In accordance with EMU athletics policies, Mr. Bates is instantly reinstated to each diversion and field activities."

"I'm precise pleased this substance has been resolved truthful Emoni tin get backmost to schoolhouse and articulation his teammates," Haney added connected behalf of his client.

Bates was arrested connected Sept. 18 and charged with carrying a concealed limb and "altering ID marks" connected a firearm. A plea of not blameworthy was entered connected Bates' behalf the adjacent day.

Haney told ESPN that the apprehension came aft a regular postulation halt erstwhile Bates was driving a borrowed car that had a weapon successful it.

According to the constabulary study obtained by ESPN, deputies observed a achromatic Mitsubishi Outlander tally a halt motion and initiated a postulation stop. The study says Bates stated determination was marijuana and a handgun successful the conveyance and an ensuing hunt of the conveyance uncovered a weapon nether the driver's seat. The serial fig nether the tube of the weapon had been removed, according to the report.

Bates, a 6-foot-9 tiny forward, was considered 1 of the elite hoops prospects successful the state passim his precocious schoolhouse career, ranking No. 1 successful the 2022 people until helium reclassified past summertime and ended up astatine No. 3 successful 2021.

He primitively committed to Michigan State successful summertime 2020, past reopened his recruitment successful April 2021 earlier reclassifying from 2022 to 2021 and committing to Memphis.

Bates averaged 9.7 points and 3.3 rebounds successful his 1 play with the Tigers earlier transferring backmost location to Eastern Michigan.

ESPN's Myron Medcalf contributed to this report.