The lady who accused the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ Xavier Worthy of attacking her final week has been granted a protecting order in opposition to the broad receiver.
An lawyer for Tia Jones confirmed the order in a press release to the Related Press on Wednesday evening. They added that Jones is “absolutely cooperating with legislation enforcement as they proceed to actively examine the violence that occurred.”
“Ms Jones has chosen to make use of her voice to talk up for herself,” mentioned Angelica Cogliano, who is likely one of the legal professionals representing Jones. “In doing so, she appears ahead to the details and circumstances of that evening coming to mild by means of the formal authorized course of, and getting the justice that she deserves.”
Worthy was arrested final Friday and held on a cost of assault on a household or family member through which their breath was impeded, or choking in frequent phrases. He was launched the next day, when Williamson county district lawyer Shawn Dick mentioned that his workplace has spoken with witnesses and was not accepting the case at the moment. Williamson county contains components of Austin, the place Worthy performed faculty soccer on the College of Texas.
In a press release, Worthy’s attorneys, Chip Lewis and Sam Bassett, mentioned their consumer was harmless of the cost in opposition to him. They mentioned the allegation was made by a girl who had been dwelling in Worthy’s dwelling, and that she had been requested to depart a number of occasions over the past two weeks “upon discovery of her infidelity.”
“She has refused to vacate the residence and made numerous extortive efforts previous to resorting to this baseless allegation in opposition to Mr Worthy,” the legal professionals mentioned. “The complainant additional destroyed a room within the residence, scratched Mr Worthy’s face and ripped out components of his hair, which there’s photographic proof of. Worthy instructed legislation enforcement on the time of the incident he didn’t wish to press prices in opposition to the complainant.”
The Chiefs mentioned on Saturday that they had been conscious of the state of affairs and nonetheless gathering data.
Worthy was chosen by the Chiefs with the twenty eighth total decide in final 12 months’s draft after setting the file for the quickest 40-yard sprint on the NFL mix. He bought off to a fast begin by scoring a pair of touchdowns in his NFL debut, and after a midseason lull, he turned the Chiefs’ go-to broad receiver as they chased an unprecedented third consecutive Tremendous Bowl title.
Worthy completed with 59 catches for 638 yards and 6 TDs whereas operating 20 occasions for 104 yards and three extra scores. He was one of many few vivid spots for the Chiefs of their 40-22 loss to Philadelphia within the Tremendous Bowl. Worthy caught all eight of his targets for 157 yards and a pair of touchdowns on the Superdome in New Orleans.
