Pittsburgh Police have officially charged Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis with four first-degree criminal felonies and one misdemeanor, according to court documents filed on Thursday.
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The charges are two counts of felony aggravated assault, one count of felony robbery, one count of felony conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, and one count of misdemeanor making terroristic threats. The judge assigned to the case is Jeffery A. Manning.
A warrant will be issued for Revis’ arrest. His attorney, Blaine Jones, said during a press conference Thursday evening Revis would turn himself in if this situation came to fruition.
Revis, 31, was involved in an altercation on Pittsburgh’s South Side, where Revis was visiting one of his real estate investments. The specifics of the altercation are not yet known.
According to Jones, Revis “was 1,000 percent the victim” after being assaulted by a “heavily intoxicated man” who shoulder-checked him. After failing to dissolve the situation, Revis turned to walk away. At this time, per Jones, several people in the man’s group pursued Revis, who defended himself before leaving the scene.
The Pittsburgh Police paint a far different picture of the event. Here’s their official statement:
On Sunday, February 12 at approximately 2:43 a.m., Zone 3 Officers were dispatched to the intersection of S. 23rd and E. Carson streets for a report that two males had been knocked unconscious. According to the investigation, a 22-year-old male from Kittanning was walking along E. Carson Street when he spotted a male who resembled Aliquippa native Darrell Revis, a cornerback in the NFL. He asked if the man was Darrell Revis and he confirmed that he was. The male began recording the interaction on his cellphone and continued following Revis. At some point, Revis snatched the cellphone away and attempted to delete the video. Another 21-year-old male from Ross Township attempted to help the 22-year-old retrieve the cellphone. Revis then tossed the phone onto the roadway. A verbal argument followed. A male came to assist Revis. Both the 22-year-old and the 21-year-old state they were punched then remember waking up to talk to police. Witnesses state the two were unconscious for about 10 minutes.
Revis starred at the University of Pittsburgh before the Jets drafted him in 2007. They might cut him this offseason — a move that would create $9.3 million in salary cap space, with $6 million in dead money attached. He is due to count $15.3 million against their cap in 2017, but that number is way too high for him at this stage of his career.
Throughout his career, the cornerback has kept himself away from negative headlines.
“Darrelle has been in the national, not local, but national spotlight since he was a teenager,” Jones said. “At no time was Darrelle Revis arrested or charged with anything. I’m a big believer in credibility. As far as I’m concerned, Darrelle Revis’ credibility is stellar. It’s second to none.”
Staff writer Darryl Slater contributed reporting.
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