Daniel Oyefusi
Cleveland Browns rookie working again Quinshon Judkins will not face a proper misdemeanor battery cost for an alleged home incident in South Florida final month, a spokesperson for the Broward State Lawyer's Workplace informed ESPN on Thursday.
Prosecutors mentioned they declined to pursue the fees after reviewing police experiences, body-worn digicam movies, video surveillance, photographs, cellphone data and the sufferer's sworn assertion, in accordance with a decline memorandum obtained by ESPN.
Judkins was arrested on a misdemeanor home violence and battery cost in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on July 12. In response to the arrest report, the alleged incident occurred 5 days previous to the arrest however was not reported till July 12. Per the arrest report, Judkins, after exhibiting frustration following studying textual content messages from his household, was alleged to have punched the girl with a closed fist within the chin/lip space whereas driving in a car departing from Fort Lauderdale Worldwide Airport. Judkins then later allegedly additionally struck her within the left arm and thigh. The lady confirmed officers images exhibiting bruising from the alleged assault.
“This incident was not captured on any video surveillance,” the decline memorandum learn. “There aren't any unbiased witnesses to the incident. Though the sufferer had photographs exhibiting accidents sustained, there have been additionally movies in that very same time-frame the place no accidents have been noticed to the sufferer. Moreover, the sufferer's accidents depicted within the photographs 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 sources to make the report with out his information, however selected not to take action. For the explanations set forth above, there isn't a affordable chance of conviction and this case is being declined.”
In a press release Thursday, an NFL spokesman mentioned the league has been “following developments within the matter which stays beneath assessment.”
Judkins, the No. 36 general choose within the 2025 NFL draft, is the lone unsigned member of this 12 months's draft class as his authorized scenario remained in flux. Browns proprietor Jimmy Haslam mentioned in late July that he was “cautiously optimistic” that Judkins would play for the workforce in 2025. Basic supervisor Andrew Berry had mentioned a normal framework for a deal was easy for Judkins, who earlier than his arrest was one in every of a number of second-round picks in search of extra ensures of their rookie contracts.
