The assault charges against former DU lacrosse player Ilija Gajic have been dropped by the Denver District Attorney’s Office after he pleaded guilty to harassment charges.

The harassment plea was entered on July 6, Gajic, 24, was sentenced to six months of unsupervised probation, and fined $246, divided between court costs, victim’s assistance funds and victim compensation funds.

Last January, Gajic charged with second and third-degree assault, after being involved in a brawl outside of the Border that involved a woman and her companion.

“I would never hit a girl. People couldn’t hear our side of the story,” said Gajic. “Even though stuff went down that night, I was upset because we were being charged by them for no reason.”

According to court records, Gajic “did, with intent to annoy Nicholas Hughes and Sara Ann Keely, unlawfully cause a telephone to ring repeatedly with no purpose of legitimate conversation.”

“I was upset obviously. It didn’t go that well for me and was upsetting how it affected the boys on the team,” said Gajic.

Gajic, originally from Burnaby, British Columbia, is finishing his last classes at DU and has been drafted to the National Hockey League team the Rochester Nighthawks. Upon graduation, there is a possibility he could join the Nighthawks for the 2010 season.

The court case for DU lacrosse player Brendan Deblois, who also was involved with the incident in January, was closed when he entered a plea to disorderly conduct on Aug. 3. Deblois was originally charged with third-degree assault.

Deblois, originally from Narragansett, R.I., was sentenced to six month unsupervised probation and fined $242. The fine included paying a supervision fee, court costs and contributing to victim compensation and assistance funds.

Deblois was contacted, but did not respond for comment. Deblois, 21, is a junior and will continue playing defenseman for DU’s lacrosse team.

For more information about the court cases visit www.denvergov.org/apps/newcourt/court_select.aspx.