Cleveland Browns rookie operating again Quinshon Judkins will not face a proper misdemeanor battery cost over an alleged home incident in South Florida final month, a spokesperson for the Broward State Legal professional’s Workplace advised ESPN on Thursday.
Prosecutors declined to pursue fees after reviewing police experiences, body-worn digicam movies, video surveillance, images, telephone information and the sworn assertion of a lady he allegedly struck, in keeping with a decline memorandum obtained by ESPN.
Judkins was arrested on a misdemeanor home violence and battery cost in Fort Lauderdale on July 12. Based on the arrest report, the incident occurred 5 days earlier than the arrest however was not reported till that day.
Based on the arrest report, Judkins, after exhibiting frustration after studying textual content messages from his household, was alleged to have punched the lady with a closed fist within the space of the chin and lip whereas driving in a car departing Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Worldwide Airport. Judkins later allegedly additionally struck her within the left arm and thigh. The girl confirmed officers images displaying bruising.
“This incident was not captured on any video surveillance,” the decline memorandum learn. “There are not any impartial witnesses to the incident. Though the sufferer had images exhibiting accidents sustained, there have been additionally movies in that very same timeframe the place no accidents had been noticed to the sufferer. Moreover, the sufferer’s accidents depicted within the images may very well be defined by both account of the incident.
“Lastly, there was a delayed report of the incident. The delay is problematic because the sufferer was alone on quite a few events with out the Defendant, had the power and assets to make the report with out his data, however selected not to take action. For the explanations set forth above, there isn’t any affordable chance of conviction and this case is being declined.”
In a press release Thursday, an NFL spokesperson mentioned the league has been “following developments within the matter which stays beneath evaluation.”
Judkins, the No. 36 decide, is the lone unsigned member of this 12 months’s draft class as his authorized state of affairs remained in flux. Browns proprietor Jimmy Haslam mentioned in late July that he was “cautiously optimistic” that Judkins would play for the crew in 2025. Common supervisor Andrew Berry had mentioned a framework on a deal was easy for Judkins, who earlier than his arrest was one in all a number of second-round picks searching for extra ensures of their rookie contracts.
