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Maggette's lawyer George Maurides told SportsLine on Friday his client had testified before a grand jury in November in Kansas City. That would be consistent with Maggette's former summer league teammate JaRon Rush who testified during that time period before a grand jury investigating former coach Myron Piggie.

"It was in Kansas City," Maurides said. "I assume it had something to do with Piggie. Those proceedings are secret. As a lawyer, we're not allowed to go in them."

If Maggette was questioned, that would mean four former members of Piggie's summer league team have been interviewed by federal authorities. Piggie is suspected of tax evasion, fraud and money laundering according to published reports. Rush was suspended by UCLA on Dec. 10 after his testimony allegedly linked him to improper dealings with an agent.

Neither Maggette nor Duke, his former school, is believed to have committed NCAA violations. Being a professional, Maggette, a Chicago native, is no longer under NCAA jurisdiction.

"It has no impact on him," Maurides said. "It sounds like they've solved all the crimes in Kansas (City). I hate to say this, but in Chicago nobody would even be thinking about this. It's too bad for these kids."

Oklahoma State player Andre Williams was the third member of Piggie's former team to be ruled ineligible. The school announced Friday night that Williams, a Kansas City, Kan. native, was left back in Stillwater, Okla. for Saturday's game at UNLV.

Federal investigators were believed to be in Stillwater on Thursday.

"The eligibility issue concerns his involvement with an AAU team in the Kansas City area," Oklahoma State athletic director Terry Don Phillips said in a statement. "We feel very confident, based upon the facts that his eligibility will be restored quickly by the NCAA."

Missouri freshman forward Kareem Rush, JaRon's brother, also was suspended by his school earlier this week. Kareem reportedly said he accepted a pair of shoes and $50 at least once from Piggie before going to Missouri.

JaRon Rush accepted "considerably less than $500" from Los Angeles-based agent Jerome Stanley according to West Coast media reports. Stanley has denied any wrongdoing.

The Kansas City Star reported Saturday that Stanley has filed suit seeking $43,500 he allegedly lent to Piggie to promote Stanley's firm "in the basketball community."

Stanley met with UCLA officials investigating the matter on Wednesday. Piggie also denied any wrongdoing and suggested Stanley might still be angry from when he was fired as Korleone Young's agent in the summer of 1998.

Young, Piggie's cousin, was a second-round draft choice of the Detroit Pistons in 1998. He has since been cut and is currently with the Richmond Rhythm of the International Basketball League.

Young also played on Piggie's team.