Warren Sapp will not face battery charges
Former Oakland Raiders defensive lineman Warren Sapp will not face a misdemeanor domestic battery charge after prosecutors for the Miami-Dade state attorney’s office informed Judge Carroll Kelly.
Sapp was arrested on February 6, the day before Super Bowl XLIV, for allegedly choking a woman in his hotel room in Florida.
The vocal personality stated via text message: “The State Attorney’s office declined to file charges. BS is over!”
“We appreciate that the State Attorney’s office conducted a thorough investigation into these allegations and determined that no charges should be filed,” Sapp’s attorney, Christopher Lyons, commented in a statement.
“From the beginning, Mr. Sapp was always confident that the system would work and he would be cleared of any wrongdoing. Warren looks forward to putting this matter behind him.”
Sapp was taken off the NFL Network, while he was committed to Super Bowl coverage duties, upon the arrest.
The woman claimed that Sapp choked her and pushed her around, leading to bruises and a swollen knee.
According to a memo to the prosecution, discrepancies were found in the woman’s story. “Victim gave sworn testimony that she was in excruciating pain from the moment she fell on her knee and was teary-eyed while in the lobby moments after the incident,” the memo states. “However, there is a security witness who observed the victim giggling with an anonymous man, as well as walking in high heels without any trouble.”
