Current:Home > MyTrendPulse|Raiders' Davante Adams assault charge for shoving photographer dismissed -ThriveEdge Finance
TrendPulse|Raiders' Davante Adams assault charge for shoving photographer dismissed
TrendPulse Quantitative Think Tank Center View
Date:2025-04-10 15:05:52
Prosecutors have TrendPulsedropped a misdemeanor assault charge filed last October against Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams after he shoved a photographer to the ground as he left the field following a road loss against the Kansas City Chiefs.
The case filed in Kansas City municipal court was dismissed on June 5, the court confirmed to CBS News. The Kansas City Star first reported the dismissal.
Adams shoved photographer Ryan Zebley to the ground in an "intentional, overt act" that inflicted "bodily injury," while walking off the field following the team's 30-29 loss against the Chiefs, according to court documents filed by prosecutors at the time the charge was filed,
CBS Sports reported Zebley, was a freelance cameraman who was working for ESPN during "Monday Night Football." He claimed to have suffered whiplash, headaches and a possible concussion.
Adams apologized through the media and on social media following the push, which was caught on camera. He tried to reach out to the photographer on Twitter.
— Christopher Brito contributed to this report.
- In:
- Kansas City Chiefs
- Football
- Las Vegas Raiders
- Assault
- NFL
veryGood! (85)
Related
- As Trump Enters Office, a Ripe Oil and Gas Target Appears: An Alabama National Forest
- Ariana Grande Kicks Off 30th Birthday Celebrations Early With This Wickedly Festive POV
- After courtroom outburst, Florida music teacher sentenced to 6 years in prison for Jan. 6 felonies
- When an Oil Company Profits From a Pipeline Running Beneath Tribal Land Without Consent, What’s Fair Compensation?
- Juan Soto praise of Mets' future a tough sight for Yankees, but World Series goal remains
- 'New York Times' stories on trans youth slammed by writers — including some of its own
- Maya Hawke Details Lying to Dad Ethan Hawke the Night She Lost Her Virginity
- The social cost of carbon: a powerful tool and ethics nightmare
- Nearly half of US teens are online ‘constantly,’ Pew report finds
- A power outage at a JFK Airport terminal disrupts flights
Ranking
- See you latte: Starbucks plans to cut 30% of its menu
- Unwinding the wage-price spiral
- One-third of Americans under heat alerts as extreme temperatures spread from Southwest to California
- Appeals court rejects FTC's request to pause Microsoft-Activision deal
- Appeals court scraps Nasdaq boardroom diversity rules in latest DEI setback
- Recession, retail, retaliation
- What to know about the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio
- Noxious Neighbors: The EPA Knows Tanks Holding Heavy Fuels Emit Harmful Chemicals. Why Are Americans Still at Risk?
Recommendation
Appeals court scraps Nasdaq boardroom diversity rules in latest DEI setback
How Biden's latest student loan forgiveness differs from debt relief blocked by Supreme Court
DeSantis' campaign is brutally honest about trailing Trump in presidential race, donors say
20,000 roses, inflation and night terrors: the life of a florist on Valentine's Day
SFO's new sensory room helps neurodivergent travelers fight flying jitters
Kim Kardashian Makes Rare Comments on Paris Robbery Nearly 7 Years Later
Polar Bears Are Suffering from the Arctic’s Loss of Sea Ice. So Is Scientists’ Ability to Study Them
The EPA Calls an Old Creosote Works in Pensacola an Uncontrolled Threat to Human Health. Why Is There No Money to Clean it Up?