A few weeks ago Martez Walker, a guard with the Texas Longhorns, was banned from all team activities after being charged with the assault of his girlfriend.
Now Walker has left Texas, the school announced last week.
Walker, a reserve player who scored 4.7 points per game last season, was charged in September for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend at his campus dormitory.
At the time, His girlfriend made statements to police that abuse had been a regular occurrence during their time together.
Walker has been formally charged with misdemeanor assault and faces jail time and fines if convicted. News surfaced several days after the first incident that Walker was also arrested for trespassing on campus, after he had been banned from entering university dorms, according to school security reports.
Texas coach Rick Barnes chose to suspend Walker from all basketball activities while legal proceedings played out. Now that becomes a moot point with Walker’s choice to leave campus.
