Angelo Young
NFL free agent quarterback Johnny Manziel
posted bond Wednesday in his misdemeanor assault case after turning
himself in to police in a Dallas suburb. The former Cleveland Browns
player and Texas A&M University star has been accused of beating in
January his then-girlfriend Colleen Crowley, a Houston-born model.
TMZ
reported Manziel was at the headquarters of the Highland Park
Department of Public Safety only for a short time and was “polite and
cooperative” before posting $1,500 bail. “Johnny Football” could face as long as a year in jail in the event he is found guilty.
Manziel is scheduled to appear in court
Thursday. The alleged altercation happened in Avon, Ohio, but the
football player was given the option to turn himself in to any police
department in Texas after a Dallas grand jury indicted him on a domestic
violence charge last month.
Manziel’s former coach at Texas A&M, Kevin
Sumlin, told 98.7-FM radio in Phoenix that Manziel hasn’t responded to
Sumlin’s effort to reach out to him.
“I had texted him a couple of times and given him a call, but haven’t got a return back,” Sumlin said. “So from that standpoint, it’s a little unnerving.”
The 2012 Heisman Trophy winner was cut by the
Browns in March after the allegation of domestic violence against
Crowley. However, the team has had other issues with Manziel, who
underwent alcohol and drug treatment in Pennsylvania last year, as CNN reported.
“I owe private apologies to a lot of people
that I disappointed, but a very public one to the Browns organization
and the fans that I let down,” Manziel said in a statement after leaving
a rehab center in April 2015.
Crowley has claimed Manziel struck her
numerous times during a domestic altercation Jan. 30. She also has
claimed the athlete dragged her by the hair and threatened to kill both
of them.
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