Sacramento Kings C DeMarcus Cousins reportedly cleared in nightclub incident

Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins reportedly will not be arrested or prosecuted for a nightclub incident in New York last month.

Sources told ESPN.com that Cousins has been cleared of all wrongdoing by authorities after a Dec. 5 altercation at a Manhattan club that resulted in teammate Matt Barnes facing misdemeanor assault charges.

The players' lawyer, Alex Spiro, confirmed to ESPN on Monday that Cousins has been cleared.

Barnes is expected to turn himself in to the New York Police Department this week to face his misdemeanor charges, but the Sacramento Bee reported it was unclear whether that would happen during the Kings' current eight-game road trip.

The Kings were scheduled to play the 76ers in Philadelphia on Monday night.

The alleged assault took place at the Avenue nightclub after the Kings lost to the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 4. Barnes was accused of choking a woman but has maintained his innocence and will get a court date once he turns himself in.

Barnes and Cousins have been named in a civil suit stemming from the incident filed in a New York District Court by plaintiffs Jasmine Besiso and Myrone Powell.