FILE - This April 1, 2010 file photo shows Duke's Lance Thomas responding to a question during an interview session for the NCAA Final Four college basketball tournament in Indianapolis. A lawsuit filed in Austin, Texas by a jeweler says that Thomas purchased nearly $100,000 in custom jewelry during the 2010 season from a New York firm that caters to professional athletes and is now being sued for failing to pay the balance of what he owes. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
FILE - This April 1, 2010 file photo shows Duke's Lance Thomas responding to a question during an interview session for the NCAA Final Four college basketball tournament in Indianapolis. A lawsuit filed in Austin, Texas by a jeweler says that Thomas purchased nearly $100,000 in custom jewelry during the 2010 season from a New York firm that caters to professional athletes and is now being sued for failing to pay the balance of what he owes. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
DALLAS (AP) ? The attorney for a New York jeweler suing a former Duke basketball player over a debt incurred while the player was in school says a settlement has been reached in the case.
Mike Bowers says the terms of the settlement between Rafaello & Co. and former Duke forward Lance Thomas are confidential. The lawsuit, filed in Austin, Texas, in January, said Thomas owed $67,800 for jewelry he purchased at a cost of $97,800 in the middle of the 2009-2010 season.
Duke won the NCAA title that season, and the purchase raised questions of whether Thomas, then a senior, violated amateurism rules.
Bowers says the settlement doesn't change his client's unwillingness to discuss the lawsuit with the NCAA.
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