These charges should NEVER have been filed. A couple of posters here seemed to immediately decide he was guilty once they were, including one who exaggerated the negative by twice stating that Brantley knocked her teeth out. Could we please hear from you guys now? Hmmm?
In all fairnes
When you hit or flail into to someone because you don't like what they say, you have crossed a line,
regardless of gender.
It was clear pretty early on that the witness of the friend was lying based on the fact the initial report of the hospital visit had said injuries were superficial.
Also the fact the officer on the scene wrote Brantley had been the one assaulted. GPD doesn't just do that as a courtesy to football players. They arrest football players for assaulting by paper cup and sandwich. GPD because of the issue of domestic physical abuse and the shift for law enforcement to demonstrate they take it seriously, does not make a habit these days of turning a blind eye to male on female violence.
The friend is the one the next day who filed a new report, which any reputable police force would accept and process, especially involving a locally high profile football player right before the draft when it would collect greater public scrutiny.
The timing sucked for Brantley. It seems highly likely it was a shake down for money, maybe to be split 2 ways, and if nothing else a way to get some revenge for anger one or both had about Brantley or the incident. Selfish immature people.
And Brantley aside, women have a hard enough time with getting appropriate processing for sexual and physical assaults without other women muddying the waters and working against justice by playing a system that is trying to be more responsible and responsive The misuse of the law like this for petty selfish reasons really really pisses me off.
