Lincoln, Neb. ? Nebraska receiver Maurice Purify, arrested for his role in a disturbance at a Lincoln bar, has been authorized to participate in a pretrial diversion program, a city prosecutor said Thursday. Purify was scheduled to appear in Lancaster County Court next week on two counts of assault, resisting arrest, trespassing and failure to comply after a May 5 incident at a downtown bar. Purify is accused of throwing a man over a table, hitting him several times and striking the man’s girlfriend.