BOSTON -- Two former Boston College football players have settled charges they assaulted a man in a popular sports bar after he refused to give up his space.
Gosder Cherilus and DeJuan Tribble were sentenced to a year of probation for the incident that left 29-year-old Sean Maney of Watertown with a broken neck and other injuries.
Cherilus also was ordered to pay for Maney's medical expenses.
Authorities said the fight last July started after state trooper Joseph Boike, part-owner of the Greatest Bar, asked Maney and his friends to make room for a group of BC players who were celebrating Cherilus' birthday.
Boike is scheduled to go on trial in August on assault charges.
Cherilus, an offensive lineman, was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the first round of the 2008 NFL draft. Tribble was selected in the sixth round by San Diego.
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