Attorney: Former athlete plans to sue accuser

Submitted by Mastodon on Wed, 2015-04-22 03:22

Story here. Excerpt:

'The attorney for Rodney Austin said the now former Detroit Lions offensive guard is considering filing a civil suit against his accuser in a domestic violence case for malicious prosecution, defamation of character and slander.

Austin turned himself in Friday on four misdemeanor counts of assault on a female, child abuse, larceny and interfering with emergency communication after his former girlfriend, Yvonne Gill-Sadler, obtained warrants for his arrest a day earlier from the Mecklenburg County (N.C.) Magistrate's Office.

Gill-Sadler called Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police around 2:20 a.m. April 5 to report a domestic incident. According to a police department press release, Gill-Sadler said Austin, who was listed at 6-feet-4 and 330 pounds in booking records, pushed her to the floor while she was holding their infant child then prevented her from calling 911 by damaging and taking her phone.

There were no signs of injury to the victim or child, according to the press release, and Austin was not taken into custody at the time.'

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These cases will be hard to prove. I'm not sure either has enough evidence to even make it to court since there were no apparent injuries and no witnesses. Although she alleges that he broke her cell phone when she tried to call police. I am wondering what police saw when they got to the home. Anyway, she will have a hard time proving he pushed her while she was holding their baby, and he will have a hard time proving she is making false allegations against him....it is a typical "she said, he said"

If they are broken up, I don't understand why he was at her house at 2 am. These parents need a parenting plan in place to avoid these situations. However, I don't think any person should be fired from their job until allegation can be proven or a person shows a pattern of obvious bad decisions.

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Submitted by Kris on Wed, 2015-04-22 16:25

good on Mr. Austin!!
i hope he litigates the knickers off of her!!!!!

(yes, i'm British.... -_- )

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Submitted by ErikaLancastor on Thu, 2015-04-23 01:08