faces - Bad Sporters https://www.badsporters.com News Blogging About Athletes Being Caught Up Mon, 22 Jun 2020 09:20:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Round 6 charges: Brown seeks downgrade; Crichton faces ban https://www.badsporters.com/2020/06/22/round-6-charges-brown-seeks-downgrade-crichton-faces-ban/ https://www.badsporters.com/2020/06/22/round-6-charges-brown-seeks-downgrade-crichton-faces-ban/#respond Mon, 22 Jun 2020 09:20:25 +0000 https://badsporters.com/?p=7578 Eels lock Nathan Brown is taking on the judiciary on Tuesday night in a bid to avoid a two-game suspension after being charged for high tackle offence.  Brown was charged with a grade-two careless high tackle over a 64th-minute hit on Roosters lock Victor Radley in Saturday night’s loss by Parramatta at Bankwest Stadium. The […]

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Eels lock Nathan Brown is taking on the judiciary on Tuesday night in a bid to avoid a two-game suspension after being charged for high tackle offence. 

Brown was charged with a grade-two careless high tackle over a 64th-minute hit on Roosters lock Victor Radley in Saturday night’s loss by Parramatta at Bankwest Stadium.

The Eels star, who has two non-similar offences over the past two years, is seeking a downgrade of the charge after entering an early guilty plea. 

Radley has accepted a fine of $700 for a high shot of his own on Eels skipper Clint Gutherson. 

Bulldogs winger Christian Crichton is the only other player charged in round six yet to have his matter resolved.

He could be suspended for two matches for a shoulder charge on Sharks fullback Matt Moylan on Monday night. He has been charged with a grade-one offence for the tackle in the 34th minute but can have the ban halved with an early guilty plea.

Broncos forwards Patrick Carrigan and Tom Flegler have each accepted a one-game suspension after being charged over incidents in Thursday night’s loss to Newcastle in Gosford.

Carrigan was facing a two-match ban over a grade-two conduct charge for his late hit on Knights halfback Mitchell Pearce in the 59th minute. He reduced the ban to one game with an early guilty plea.

Flegler has also be banned one match after he entered an early guilty plea over a 43rd-minute incident involving Newcastle forward Sione Mata’utia.

Dragons winger Jordan Pereira is out for two games for a hit on Corey Thompson in the 23rd minute of St George Illawarra’s win at Suncorp Stadium. He could have been banned for three weeks if he did not enter an early guilty plea. 

Tigers trio Harry Grant, Josh Aloiai and Sam McIntyre will avoid suspensions after entering guilty pleas for with grade-one offences in their team’s win over North Queensland.

Warriors hooker Wayde Egan is out of Friday’s clash with Melbourne after entering an early guilty plea over an incident involving Rabbitohs star Latrell Mitchell.

Egan was charged with a grade-two contrary conduct charge after he appeared to rake his hand across Mitchell’s face on Friday.

Panthers five-eighth Jarome Luai has avoided a ban by entering an early guilty plea for a dangerous contact – head/neck charge resulting from a tackle on Melbourne’s Felise Kaufusi.

 

Player Jordan Pereira
Club Dragons
Time minute of match 23rd
Charge/Incident High tackle – careless
Charge Grade 3
Result Guilty – early plea
Matches to serve 2
Points/fine calculation 225
Carry-over points 25
Misconduct on whom? Corey Thompson

 

Player Sam McIntyre
Club Tigers
Time minute of match 33rd
Charge/Incident Dangerous contract – other
Charge Grade 1
7yrs Incident free for discount? No
Base penalty for charge 100
Result Guilty – Early plea
Matches to serve 0
Points/fine calculation 75
Carry-over points 75
Misconduct on whom? Corey Jensen

 

Player Josh Aloiai
Club Tigers
Time minute of match 55th
Charge/Incident Contrary Conduct
Charge Grade 1
Result Guilty – early plea
Matches to serve 0
Points/fine calculation $800
Carry-over points N/A
Misconduct on whom? Peter Hola

 

Player Harry Grant
Club Tigers
Time minute of match 60th
Charge/Incident Dangerous contact – head/neck
Charge Grade 1
Result Guilty – early plea
Matches to serve 0
Points/fine calculation 75
Carry-over points 75
Misconduct on whom? Kyle Feldt

 

Player Victor Radley
Club Roosters
Time minute of match 56th
Charge/Incident High tackle – careless
Charge Grade 1
Result Guilty – early plea
Matches to serve 0
Points/fine calculation $700
Carry-over points N/A
Misconduct on whom? Clint Gutherson

 

Player Nathan Brown
Club Eels
Time minute of match 64th
Charge/Incident High tackle – careless
Charge Grade 2
7yrs Incident free for discount? No
Base penalty for charge 200
Result Plea – Guilty, disputes grading
Prior Similar Offences in last 2 years (50% loading) 0
Prior Non-Similar Offences in last 2 years (20% loading) 2
Carry-over points 17
Misconduct on whom? Victor Radley
Player Wayde Egan
Club Warriors
Time minute of match 65th
Charge/Incident Contrary Conduct
Charge Grade 2
Result Guilty – early plea
Matches to serve 1
Points/fine calculation 150
Carry-over points 50
Misconduct on whom? Latrell Mitchell

 

Player Jarome Luai
Club Panthers
Time minute of match 78th
Charge/Incident Dangerous contact – Head/neck
Charge Grade 1
Result Guilty – early plea
Matches to serve 0
Points/fine calculation 75
Carry-over points 75
Misconduct on whom? Felise Kaufusi

 

 

 

Player Christian Crichton
Club Bulldogs
Time minute of match 34th
Charge/Incident Shoulder charge
Charge Grade 1
7yrs Incident free for discount? No
Base penalty for charge 200
Early guilty plea 180
Guilty 240
Prior Similar Offences in last 2 years (50% loading) 0
Prior Non-Similar Offences in last 2 years (20% loading) 1
Carry-over points 0
Misconduct on whom? Matt Moylan

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An Asheboro man faces 9 charges and a citation after a pursuit with the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office Friday. A deputy observed a vehicle traveling fast on westbound U.S. Highway 64 and turned around to initiate a traffic stop. Click the video player above for headlines from WXII 12 News.The car failed to stop and a pursuit started onto Henley County Road to Old Cedar Falls Road and ended with a forced stop at the intersection of Presnell Street.The driver, Brian Keith Theesan, 38, was arrested and transported to the Randolph County Detention Center, deputies said.Theesan is charged with:felony fleeing to elude arrest with a motor vehiclefelony assault with a deadly weapon on a government officialmisdemeanor resisting a public officerdriving while license revoked (impaired revoked)reckless driving with wanton disregardunsafe passing a crest or curvespeed in a work zonespeedingfailing to stop at a steady red lightThe North Carolina State Highway Patrol charged Theesan by citation for driving while impaired.Theesan is being held on $50,000 bail and his first court appearance is scheduled for June 22.

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An Asheboro man faces 9 charges and a citation after a pursuit with the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office Friday.

A deputy observed a vehicle traveling fast on westbound U.S. Highway 64 and turned around to initiate a traffic stop.

Click the video player above for headlines from WXII 12 News.

The car failed to stop and a pursuit started onto Henley County Road to Old Cedar Falls Road and ended with a forced stop at the intersection of Presnell Street.

The driver, Brian Keith Theesan, 38, was arrested and transported to the Randolph County Detention Center, deputies said.

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Brian Theesan

Theesan is charged with:

  • felony fleeing to elude arrest with a motor vehicle
  • felony assault with a deadly weapon on a government official
  • misdemeanor resisting a public officer
  • driving while license revoked (impaired revoked)
  • reckless driving with wanton disregard
  • unsafe passing a crest or curve
  • speed in a work zone
  • speeding
  • failing to stop at a steady red light

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol charged Theesan by citation for driving while impaired.

Theesan is being held on $50,000 bail and his first court appearance is scheduled for June 22.

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An Air Force Academy football player accused of cocaine use will face court-martial Tuesday, the school said in a news release.

Cadet Kyler Ehm is charged with four counts of cocaine use, a charge his lawyers denied in a preliminary hearing on the case last fall. A Kansas native, Ehm played in 10 games as a defensive lineman for the Falcons, recording a single tackle.


Air Force football coach Troy Calhoun refuses questions on players’ cocaine charges

“It must be emphasized that charges are merely accusations, and the accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty,” the academy said in a statement.

Ehm was the third Falcons football player to face cocaine charges after a 2019 investigation. He was charged after other cadets accused the defensive lineman of using cocaine and at least one witness got a reduced sentence on their own drug charges.

The government’s star witness is former Falcons fullback Cole Fagan, who in September pleaded guilty to cocaine use and got a 15-day sentence at a court-martial where he faced a maximum prison term of five years.


Former Air Force Academy football player falsely accused of using cocaine, attorney says

Civilian defense attorney Ernesto Gapasin last fall argued that Ehm was a victim of testimony offered by witnesses desperate to give prosecutors damning information on others in exchange for plea deals.

“You wouldn’t find a single witness out there who would say Kyler Ehm is anything but a good-natured young man,” Gapasin said.

The argument didn’t sway authorities, who determined there was ample evidence for Ehm to head to trial.


Air Force Academy cadet gets 7 days after guilty plea in cocaine case

The football player will see a smaller crowd in the courtroom on Tuesday. The academy has limited seating and made other social-distancing arrangements designed to slow the spread of coronavirus.

During the trial, a panel of officers will hear evidence against Ehm and is empowered to convict on a two-thirds vote. Court-martial panels also have wide discretion if they convict a defendant.

In Ehm’s case, a conviction brings a maximum penalty of five years in prison, but the military jury can pick any sentence from the maximum down to a letter of reprimand and no time behind bars.

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TROY – A member of a “fatigue clad group” stopped by Troy Police near Sunday’s protest against police brutality has been charged with a felony weapons count as the overall investigation remains ongoing, police said Monday.

Police identified the man as Noah Latham, 22, of Fort Drumm. He faces one count of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a felony, police said.

Additional charges are possible against other members of the group, police said.

In a release, police said the apprehension of the group averted “what may have become a violent encounter.”

Police detained the men in an area where more than 11,000 people gathered Sunday to march against police  brutality and  systemic racism, the largest such gathering in the region. They gathered at Riverfront Park to listen to speakers at a rally that took on a bloc party-type atmosphere and also protest at the Troy Police Department.

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The incident began Sunday afternoon at about 4:30 p.m. as police received intelligence that a group of suspicious people were downtown wearing fatigue type clothing. The group made its way up Ferry Street to the City Station garage on Sixth Avenue, police said.

Troy Police and other officers soon stopped the group “in the interest of keeping citizens safe” and soon found members of the group were armed with handguns, police said.

Police then took the group in for questioning on their motives and whether the weapons were legally possessed,  police said.

Three vehicles belonging to the group were also towed for the investigation and are awaiting the execution of search warrants, police said.

“The quick action by officers that apprehended the group as well as the members, both in uniform and plain clothes that were conducting surveillance and providing the security for the demonstration, are commended for averting what may have become a violent encounter that day,” a police release read.

Latham was arraigned in Troy City Court, police said. His custody status wasn’t immediately available early Monday afternoon.

Correction  1:42 p.m.: Police initially released the incorrect degree of charge against Latham. He has been charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, not third-degree.

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Atlanta Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna’s wife is accused of hitting him with a soap dish.

First reported by Fox Sports’ Andy Slater, Genesis Ozuna, 33, was arrested May 29 and charged with misdemeanor battery after Marcell Ozuna showed up to the Doral police station with a “small laceration” on his face two weeks prior.

Court records obtained by the Miami Herald show Genesis Ozuna pleaded not guilty and filed a motion to amend the order that required her to stay away from her husband.

The couple, who have been married for 10 years, got into an argument at a party during the early morning of May 12. Their dispute soon turned physical, with both sides hitting one another, officers say.

Hoping to calm down, he left the home for about a hour. His brief hiatus ultimately didn’t work. The couple picked up right where they left off upon his return. She eventually became so enraged that she hurled the dish at his head, striking him in the upper left temple, police say.

It’s unclear what started the argument.

A two-time All-Star, Marcell Ozuna, 29, was entering into his eighth year in the big leagues before the MLB suspended play due to the coronavirus pandemic. He played five seasons with the Miami Marlins before a 2017 trade sent him to St. Louis. After two years with with the Cardinals, he became free agent in 2019.

He signed a one-year, $18 million deal with the Braves in January. He had two hits and batted .083 through nine spring training games.


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An Air Force Academy football player accused of cocaine use will face court-martial Tuesday, the school said in a news release.

Cadet Kyler Ehm is charged with four counts of cocaine use, a charge his lawyers denied in a preliminary hearing on the case last fall. A Kansas native, Ehm played in 10 games as a defensive lineman for the Falcons, recording a single tackle.


Air Force football coach Troy Calhoun refuses questions on players’ cocaine charges

“It must be emphasized that charges are merely accusations, and the accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty,” the academy said in a statement.

Ehm was the third Falcons football player to face cocaine charges after a 2019 investigation. He was charged after other cadets accused the defensive lineman of using cocaine and at least one witness got a reduced sentence on their own drug charges.

The government’s star witness is former Falcons fullback Cole Fagan, who In September pleaded guilty to cocaine use and got a 15-day sentence at a court-martial where he faced a maximum prison term of five years.


Former Air Force Academy football player falsely accused of using cocaine, attorney says

Civilian defense attorney Ernesto Gapasin last fall argued that Ehm was a victim of testimony offered by witnesses desperate to give prosecutors damning information on others in exchange for plea deals.

“You wouldn’t find a single witness out there who would say Kyler Ehm is anything but a good-natured young man,” Gapasin said.

The argument didn’t sway authorities, who determined there was ample evidence for Ehm to head to trial.


Air Force Academy cadet gets 7 days after guilty plea in cocaine case

The football player will see a smaller crowd in the courtroom on Tuesday. The academy has limited seating and made other social-distancing arrangements designed to slow the spread of coronavirus.

During the trial, a panel of officers will hear evidence against Ehm and is empowered to convict on a two-thirds vote. Court-martial panels also have wide discretion if they convict a defendant.

In Ehm’s case, a conviction brings a maximum penalty of five years in prison, but the military jury can pick any sentence from the maximum down to a letter of reprimand and no time behind bars.

Contact Tom Roeder: 636-0240

Twitter: @xroederx

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A 19-year-old Surrey man is facing eight criminal charges including dangerous driving causing death in connection with a crash that killed a university soccer player and injured three others last year.

Dilpreet Sandhu was formally charged on Monday with offences that also include failing to stop at the scene of a crash and dangerous driving causing bodily harm.

Simon Fraser University soccer player Brandon Bassi, 19, was fatally injured in a single-vehicle crash in the Newton neighbourhood shortly after midnight on May 18, 2019. At the time of the collision, police reported that four people had been hurt while two had fled the scene.

“This collision had a significant impact on the community due to the tragic loss of a young person’s life,” Surrey RCMP Sgt. Ian MacLellan said in a press release. 

“We’re pleased that the hard work of the officers has resulted in charges being approved.”

Bassi was a first-year student in SFU’s faculty of arts and sciences. At the time of his death, the head coach of the school’s soccer team described him as a “tremendous individual” and an “outstanding teammate, student and friend.”

Sandhu is scheduled to make his first appearance on the charges on Aug. 31 in Surrey provincial court.

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Tbilisi: Georgian tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili has been charged with assaulting his former wife, his lawyer Irma Chkadua said.

Georgian tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili charged with assaulting former wife, faces up to three years in prison

Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia holds the winner’s trophy after beating Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina in the men’s singles final in the China Open at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Basilashvili, ranked 27th in the world, has denied allegations that he attacked Neka Dorokashvili in front of their five-year-old son and he has been released on 100,000 lari ($26,000) bail.

The preliminary court hearing is scheduled for 16 July.

Basilashvili, 28, faces up to three years in prison, if found guilty.

Basilashvili is one of the most successful tennis players in Georgia’s history, having won three ATP 500 titles since his debut as a professional in 2008. He has also been an ever-present name at the Majors, last reaching the third round of a Grand Slam at the 2019 Australian Open, where he was eliminated by Stefanos Tsitsipas.

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Former NBA player Stephen Jackson spoke at a rally Friday afternoon in Minneapolis in remembrance of his friend George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in police custody after pleading that he could not breathe.

“I’m here because they’re not gonna demean the character of George Floyd, my twin,” Jackson told supporters. “A lot of times, when police do things they know that’s wrong, the first thing they try to do is cover it up, and bring up their background — to make it seem like the bulls— that they did, was worthy. When was murder ever worthy? But if it’s a black man, it’s approved.

“You can’t tell me, when that man has his knee on my brother’s neck — taking his life away, with his hand in his pocket — that that smirk on his face didn’t say, ‘I’m protected.’ You can’t tell me that he didn’t feel that it was his duty to murder my brother, and that he knew he was gonna get away with it. You can’t tell me that wasn’t the look on his face.”

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Jackson, a 14-year NBA veteran who became friends with Floyd while growing up in Texas, spoke along with actor Jamie Foxx and others at the rally, which was held at the Minneapolis City Hall Rotunda and also attended by Timberwolves players Karl-Anthony Towns and Josh Okogie.

Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of Floyd, was arrested Friday and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said.

The other three officers at the scene have also been fired.

Freeman did not have immediate details, but said a criminal complaint would be made available later. The charges come after three days of protests, which had been escalating in violence.

As protests continue in Minneapolis, outrage has been heard from across the United States following the death of the 46-year-old Floyd on Monday.

“We can’t love forever and the hate is coming out and I’m afraid,” Jackson said during the rally. “I’m honestly afraid because I know what comes from hate, from us, and I know why y’all are so scared. Because y’all are scared that we’re going to pull a you on you. I know why y’all are scared. Y’all have been doing us wrong for so long, y’all think karma’s going to hit you right back.

“But we’re going to do this s— right and it ain’t gonna stop. I don’t have no more tears honestly. I’ve cried enough. I’ve cried enough. I’m here for one reason. For my brother’s honor.”

Jackson has shared a number of social media posts defending him since his death. He appeared at the rally in a black hoodie with the words: “RIP GEORGE FLOYD 3rd Ward, TX.”

“He was murdered in broad daylight for the world to see,” Jackson said. “… So where do we go from here? We’re going to the front line and anything you see, so be it, so be it, so be it. I want you to see it because this is real pain. How can you tell people to stop doing what they’re doing when all you have to do is have common sense? Common sense ain’t common.

“Common sense is not common. I walk right here and smack this man right behind his camera and common sense will say we all saw him slap him. Am I right? Everybody in here will say we saw him slap him. Everybody saw it. So everybody didn’t see that this man killed my brother? Common sense ain’t common. It’s a new day.”

ESPN’s Eric Woodyard and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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De Goey’s contract with Collingwood is up at the end of the 2020 season, which is due to resume after its coronavirus-enforced break next month.

The Magpies will play the Tigers in the season re-opener on June 11.

It’s not the forward’s first time in trouble with the law.

In February 2018, he was caught drink driving, returning a blood alcohol reading of 0.095 when the P-plater should have been at zero.

The club told him to find employment elsewhere for at least four weeks after that incident and he was fined $10,000. He also had to make a $10,000 donation to charity.

A year earlier, he copped a three-match club ban after lying to the Magpies about a broken hand, injured in a St Kilda bar fight.

He claimed he was injured while playing with his dog and had already missed three weeks while recovering.

Last year he told AAP he’d given another club youngster, Jaidyn Stephenson, advice on how to handle scrutiny around AFL bans.

‘‘Everyone’s young once and everyone [stuffs] up sometimes,’’ he said.

Collingwood last night declined to comment on the matter.

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