Aden Holloway is denying the drug charges Tuscaloosa County prosecutors are bringing against him, and the Alabama basketball star is demanding a trial, a new court filing on Monday revealed.
Holloway’s attorney Jason Neff responded to district attorney Hays Webb’s complaint in a filing that went as far as to call for a trial to prove the allegations against the Crimson Tide’s second leading scorer.
“Defendant denies each and every material allegation, and demands strict proof thereof,” Neff wrote in his legal filing on Monday, according to WIAT. “The Defendant hereby demands a Trial on the claims made by the Plaintiff.”
Holloway had been arrested by agents with the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force on March 16, just days before the Crimson Tide were slated to begin their run in the NCAA Tournament.
Officers said they found 2.1 pounds of marijuana along with a rolling tray and packaging material.
Police also claimed to have found $400 in a jacket pocket that belonged to Holloway, and prosecutors alleged that they found “drug transactions on Holloway’s phone.”
Holloway was arrested and charged with first-degree possession of marijuana and failure to affix a tax stamp.
He was released the same day after a $5,000 bond was set.
Over the weekend, Neff claimed that police violated Holloway’s constitutional rights in the method they used to establish probable cause to search his apartment.
“In review of the probable cause [search warrant], once this case moves forward, we would challenge the basis of the search with a motion to suppress evidence for the violation of his Fourth Amendment rights,” Neff said to ESPN.
Holloway was removed from the men’s basketball team and removed from campus while the UA Office of Student Conduct investigates the matter.
Prior to his removal from the team, Holloway had been averaging 16.8 points per game and shot 44 percent from 3-point range this season.
Alabama knocked out Hofstra and Texas Tech to reach the Sweet 16 to face Michigan.
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