CINCINNATI — Bengals working again Joe Mixon not faces a misdemeanor cost of aggravated menacing over allegations that former Freedom Excessive of Oakley star threatened and pointed a gun at a girl in Cincinnati.
A Friday order dismissing the case in Hamilton County Municipal Court docket stated solely that town prosecutor’s workplace requested the dismissal “within the curiosity of justice.”
A warrant for Mixon was issued Thursday. A police officer’s accompanying affidavit alleged that the 26-year-old pointed a firearm and informed the sufferer: “You need to be popped within the face. I ought to shoot you, the police (can’t) get me.”
It stated the altercation occurred a couple of blocks from the Bengals’ stadium on Jan. 21 — the day earlier than Cincinnati beat the Buffalo Payments in a divisional-round playoff recreation — however included no different particulars concerning the circumstances.
“I actually really feel that police have an obligation earlier than they file costs — due to the injury that may be performed to the particular person’s popularity — to do their work,” stated Mixon’s agent, Peter Schaffer.
A press release from the Bengals stated the staff was investigating the state of affairs and never commenting additional on the cost or its dismissal.
Mixon rushed for 814 yards and 7 touchdowns this season, his sixth. He additionally had 60 receptions for 441 yards, each profession highs, and two touchdowns.
In 2021, he had rushed for profession highs of 1,205 yards and 13 touchdowns for Cincinnati, the place he has spent his complete profession.
Mixon was a second-round draft pick of Oklahoma in 2017. A number of groups stated they handed on him due to considerations about his character after Mixon punched a feminine Oklahoma scholar within the face in 2014.
He was suspended from the soccer staff for a yr and entered an Alford plea, through which a defendant doesn't admit guilt however acknowledges there's sufficient proof for a conviction. He acquired a deferred sentence and was ordered to carry out group service and endure counseling.