Pringle, a guard for the Nittany Lions, faced charges of open lewdness and disorderly conduct in connection to a March incident in the Pattee Library in which a woman told police he masturbated in her presence, according to the criminal complaint.
Pringle's charges stemmed from a March 27 incident in Pattee Library, according to the criminal complaint. According to the complaint, the victim told police an unknown man, whom police later identified as Pringle, sat behind her in the stacks section, attempted to start a conversation and then began masturbating.
In his conversation with the victim, Pringle asked her if she wanted to purchase some hand lotion he was selling for the basketball team, according to the complaint.
The victim then reported hearing a "smacking sound, like Pringle's hand was smacking against the skin of his body," according to the complaint. Police said she also told them Pringle began making moaning sounds after answering his cell phone.
When interviewed by police, Pringle initially denied being in the Pattee Library at the time of the incident, then remembered he had been there and recalled his conversation with the victim, police said. However, he denied he was masturbating and said he has a bad habit of putting his hands down his pants, according to the complaint.
"This is how I chill ma'am," Pringle told the investigating officer, placing his hand down the front of his sweatpants, according to the criminal complaint.
He also asked the officer: "Why would I need to masturbate?" according to the complaint.