[ESPN NBA Guru] Diversion can help Potapenko avoid charges

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Center was arrested in nightclub incidentMIAMI -- Seattle SuperSonics center Vitaly Potapenko will avoid prosecution on misdemeanor charges of disorderly intoxication and resisting arrest without violence if he successfully completes a pretrial diversion program.Miami-Dade County Judge Jeffrey Swartz on Wednesday approved the NBA player's entry into The Advocate Program, a nonprofit organization under contract with the courts for people accepted into diversion programs. The program's staffers will determine what Potapenko...

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