- After three UCLA basketball players were arrested on charges of shoplifting in China, it was reported that President Donald Trump intervened and played a role in their release.
- A new report downplays the role Trump played, something LaVar Ball contended at the time, sparking a feud between him and Trump.
- According to the report, the players’ charges had been dropped and they had booked a flight home by the time the White House had gotten involved.
In November, three UCLA men’s basketball players, LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley, and Jalen Hill were arrested in Hangzhou, China, for shoplifting.
The incident became an international sports story, with reports of the players being under house arrest in their hotel, questions of when they could return to the U.S., and reports indicating that President Donald Trump had gotten involved and asked Chinese president Xi Jingping to help facilitate the players’ return home.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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