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Rajon Rondo pleads guilty to gun charge, avoids jail time

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Rajon Rondo appeared in court Tuesday morning to plead guilty to a gun charge from January.

Rondo appeared in the Jackson County, Indiana, courthouse for a change of plea hearing on charges of marijuana possession, paraphernalia possession and unlawful carrying of a handgun.

As a result of the change of plea, the former Kentucky men’s basketball and NBA star avoided jail time.

Here is an excerpt:

He initially entered a plea of not guilty after being arrested on Jan. 28 but changed to a guilty plea Tuesday on the handgun charge.

The two marijuana charges were dismissed as part of the plea deal.