COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina national championship-winning forward Ashlyn Watkins was arrested Saturday on charges of assault and battery and kidnapping.
Online judicial records for Richland County show that Watkins was granted a $30,000 personal recognizance bond. She was ordered to have no direct or indirect contact with the victim, who was not named in the records, which also did not list an attorney for Watkins.
Watkins was ordered to stay 1,000 feet from the victim’s home, work, school and place of worship. She would be permitted to travel out of state for basketball games and practices.
She is scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 25.
A warrant filed by the University of South Carolina Police Department and obtained by WLTX-TV said Watkins assaulted the victim by “forcefully grabbing her face, pulling her arms and pushing.”
The warrant said Watkins picked up the victim against her will and carried …