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D.A. Looking Into Whether Johnny Manziel's New Year's Partying Violated Deal To Dismiss His Domestic Violence Case
Last month, ex-Browns QB Johnny Manziel reached a deal with prosecutors to dismiss a domestic violence charge brought against him by his former girlfriend, Colleen Crowley. The terms of the agreement said he had to seek treatment for anger issues and counseling on substance abuse, as well as avoid c...
Video Shows Former 49er Ray McDonald Threatening Ex-Fiancée And Child
In a video released Tuesday by her attorney, Kendra Scott can be heard asking former San Francisco 49ers defensive end Ray McDonald why he’s doing this and telling him to get away from her while she holds their infant son. Near the end, she screams “STOP, STOP!” at the top of her lungs as he chases ...
Jeurys Familia Will Not Face Criminal Charges In Domestic Violence Case<em></em>
Prosecutors in Fort Lee, New Jersey dropped assault charges against New York Mets closer Jeurys Familia today. He appeared in court alongside his wife, who had previously requested that the case be dismissed....
Kansas Forward Carlton Bragg Jr. Charged With Battery For Allegedly Striking Girlfriend, Pushing Her Down Stairs
Kansas Jayhawks sophomore forward Carlton Bragg Jr. was charged today with one count of misdemeanor battery after prosecutors said his girlfriend called 911, saying he struck her and pushed her down the stairs. Bragg was initially arrested on suspicion of domestic battery, but the Douglas County Dis...
Johnny Manziel Reaches Plea Deal In Domestic Abuse Case
Former Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel has made a deal with prosecutors that will lead to the dismissal of a domestic assault case involving his former girlfriend, Colleen Crowley....
Roger Goodell On How Election Will Affect Roger Goodell: It Will Affect Roger Goodell<em></em>
Roger Goodell was interviewed on stage earlier today at the New York Times’s DealBook conference. He and Andrew Ross Sorkin spoke about the election intermittently throughout the 30-plus minute conversation. Goodell—the son of a former Republican congressman whose been known to rub elbows with the G...
Ezekiel Elliott Named In February Police Report Of Possible Battery
Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott was named in another police report, this time for possible battery, involving the same woman who called police in July. This report was from a call to police in South Florida back in February and, like the July case, resulted in no criminal charges being ...
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Report: Jeurys Familia Arrested For Domestic Violence One Month After Starring In Anti-DV Campaign [Update]
New York Mets closer Jeurys Familia was reportedly arrested Monday for domestic violence in Bergen County, New Jersey....
Zero Tolerance For Domestic Violence Will Only Make It Worse
Over and over in her interviews with law enforcement, Molly Brown said that money was one of the topics that made her husband, New York Giants kicker Josh Brown, angry. A fight over financial mail preceded him pushing her into a door while she was pregnant; years later, when she called King County s...
Eli Apple's Mother Shares Her Personal Story Of Domestic Abuse
Annie Apple, a contributor to ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown and the mother of New York Giants rookie Eli Apple, was outspoken about Giants owner John Mara’s comments on what the team knew about kicker Josh Brown’s extensive history of assaulting his wife. Now she’s dedicated her most recent column at ...
Here Are All The Times The NFL Got Josh Brown Records From The Sheriff's Office
Once again, the NFL has insisted that its inability to comprehend the repeated abuse suffered by a woman—Molly Brown, in this case, the ex-wife of New York Giants kicker Josh Brown—wasn’t due to its own incompetence. After blaming the victim a few months ago, NFL leaders decided this time around to ...
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Josh Brown Placed On Commissioner's Exempt List [Updates]
The NFL is suddenly very concerned about Giants kicker Josh Brown, now that the sheriff’s office in King County, Wash. has released documents in which Brown described in his own words how he abused his wife, Molly. The league was less concerned a month ago, when it suspended Brown one game despite t...
The NFL's Private Spooks Made Molly Brown So Nervous She Told Deputies About It
Molly Brown reached out to the King County (Wash.) Sheriff’s Office after being contacted by the NFL’s private investigation firm, which wanted her to talk about the more than 20 times she said her now ex-husband, Giants kicker Josh Brown, abused her. At the time, Molly Brown already was talking to ...
King County Sheriff Owns NFL, Calls NFL Investigator A "Yokel" And A "Goofus"
The NFL announced this afternoon that they’d be reopening their investigation regarding Josh Brown’s 2015 domestic violence arrest. In their announcement, the NFL blamed the King County (Wash.) Sheriff’s Office for being uncooperative with “repeated” requests for records and information. As they tol...
The NFL Always Had Access To The Josh Brown Documents<em></em>
Even before yesterday’s release of documents by the sheriff’s office in King County, Wash. in which New York Giants kicker Josh Brown admits in his own words that he abused his then-wife Molly, there was very similar evidence in his divorce file—a publicly available document that anyone could get. A...
Jeff Van Gundy Advocates Zero-Tolerance Policy For Domestic Violence Offenders
The Houston Rockets and New York Knicks met in the preseason this evening, and ESPN announcer Jeff Van Gundy used the occasion of Derrick Rose’s first appearance with the Knicks to make some points about domestic violence and how Adam Silver and the NBA should deal with players who are convicted of ...
The NFL Investigation And Punishment Of Josh Brown Achieved Nothing
The details, emerging nearly two years into the NFL’s quest to “get it right” on domestic violence, followed the grimly familiar pattern. In several interviews with deputies in King County, Wash., Molly Brown described her relationship with her estranged husband, New York Giants kicker Josh Brown, a...
Witness Claims Ezekiel Elliott's Girlfriend Asked Her To Lie To Police
Yesterday, the Columbus prosecutor’s office announced that it would not be pursuing charges against Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott, who was accused of committing domestic violence on five separate occasions by his girlfriend, Tiffany Thompson. Today, the prosecutor’s office released documents ...
Columbus Prosecutor's Office Will Not Charge Ezekiel Elliott With Domestic Battery
In July, Dallas Cowboys rookie running back Ezekiel Elliott’s girlfriend, Tiffany Thompson, posted photos of bruises that she claimed were given to her by Elliott during a domestic dispute. Thompson went on to submit an official complaint in which she alleged that Elliott had abused her on five sepa...
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Cubs Apologize For Playing "Smack My Bitch Up" As Aroldis Chapman Exited Game [Updates]
Cubs closer Aroldis Chapman pitched a scoreless ninth inning at home against the Cardinals last night, and as he walked off the mound the person in charge of the stadium’s PA system chose to play “Smack My Bitch Up” by The Prodigy....