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Alleged Kentucky basketball player's bodyguard charged with assault

'He violated team rules' Calipari said of the redshirt sophomore, who is currently suspended from all team activities. Matt Stone, Courier Journal

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky student who allegedly accompanied a UK basketball player to a party while armed with a gun was arrested Sunday.

Aaron Steele, 20, was booked in the Lexington Fayette County Jail and charged with fourth-degree assault, dating violence with minor injury, a misdemeanor. Steele remained in jail Sunday night waiting for a judge to set bond.

A police report from the incident had not been released Sunday night.