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Test Case for Jimbo/FSU

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Delvin Cook going to get arrested for misdemeanor battery on a drunk woman outside Costello.
 
Dalvin, but yeah this doesn't look good. I'll reserve judgement unitl the facts are in, but it doesn't sound good.
 
If it went down like the story says, I don't have any problem with dismissing him, doesn't seem to be anything like the DJ situation.

The story itself just doesn't sound very plausible, at least as I understand it based on the facts present.

A friend/acquaintance of Dalvin's asks for a girl's number, she declines, a heated argument ensues and then DC punches her several times in the face? That doesn't sound like something anyone would do, unless there were some Ns thrown around or something.

And he punches her several times in the face and she has just a split lip and sore nose? I have trouble believing DC could punch anyone that many times and them only come away with a split lip and sore nose.

I just have trouble even visualizing the incident going down like that.
 
From the article written by Schlabach, it doesn't seem accurate. Meggs finds this woman to be "very credible" that she was punched several times in the face and has a split lip and sore nose, and that the attackers were saying "we're football players, google us, we can buy you in two years." If this was so credible, and occurred before the Johnson incident, why is Meggs just now filing charges and requesting an arrest warrant? So, all that is credible and it takes 17 days to finally get an arrest warrant? And an altercation between 5-7 men and 2 women, with the men supposedly being football players does not get leaked or reported by media for 17 days?

Something doesn't add up and I'll reserve judgement.
 
From the article written by Schlabach, it doesn't seem accurate. Meggs finds this woman to be "very credible" that she was punched several times in the face and has a split lip and sore nose, and that the attackers were saying "we're football players, google us, we can buy you in two years." If this was so credible, and occurred before the Johnson incident, why is Meggs just now filing charges and requesting an arrest warrant? So, all that is credible and it takes 17 days to finally get an arrest warrant? And an altercation between 5-7 men and 2 women, with the men supposedly being football players does not get leaked or reported by media for 17 days?

Something doesn't add up and I'll reserve judgement.

17 days is not that long. Especially considering the victim was drunk, so the ASA and police need to track down and interview witnesses. Heck, they might have tried to speak with Dalvin. You got to get your ducks in order, because if they are not, you won't get past the probable cause hearing which happens quickly after the accused is arrested.
 
If it went down like the story says, I don't have any problem with dismissing him, doesn't seem to be anything like the DJ situation.

The story itself just doesn't sound very plausible, at least as I understand it based on the facts present.

A friend/acquaintance of Dalvin's asks for a girl's number, she declines, a heated argument ensues and then DC punches her several times in the face? That doesn't sound like something anyone would do, unless there were some Ns thrown around or something.

And he punches her several times in the face and she has just a split lip and sore nose? I have trouble believing DC could punch anyone that many times and them only come away with a split lip and sore nose.

I just have trouble even visualizing the incident going down like that.

Or he was on bath salts.
 
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17 days is not that long. Especially considering the victim was drunk, so the ASA and police need to track down and interview witnesses. Heck, they might have tried to speak with Dalvin. You got to get your ducks in order, because if they are not, you won't get past the probable cause hearing which happens quickly after the accused is arrested.

I guess Florida is different that Georgia, because up here, 17 days is a long time for an arrest warrant to be issued.
 
I guess Florida is different that Georgia, because up here, 17 days is a long time for an arrest warrant to be issued.

In this circumstance, don't think it's too long. If I read the report correctly, she didn't identify Dalvin at the scene--but said she could. So they were probably looking for credible corroborating witnesses.
 
In this circumstance, don't think it's too long. If I read the report correctly, she didn't identify Dalvin at the scene--but said she could. So they were probably looking for credible corroborating witnesses.

We may just have a differing of opinion then, because the way I read it was Cook was id'ed that night.
 
We may just have a differing of opinion then, because the way I read it was Cook was id'ed that night.

She went in for a photo lineup on July 1st.

The woman said she identified Cook as the man who struck her in a photo lineup with two Tallahassee Police Department investigators on July 1.
 
She went in for a photo lineup on July 1st.

The woman said she identified Cook as the man who struck her in a photo lineup with two Tallahassee Police Department investigators on July 1.

See that added to the story now (not the original I read), so, they get an ID 9 days ago? Still a long wait in my opinion.
 
espn says she id'd him from a photo line up.

that said, no video, he stays on the team.
 
It's unreal that this report is more than an hour old, and there is no phone video or tweets published from the night in question. Did FSUTwitter take a night off?
 
She's drunk, it's possible he was defending himself. How many witnesses were there, and how do the stories line up? Sad thing is you know Meggs has a hard-on to get any football player.
 
Regardless of who did what to who... Jimbo needs to tighten it up. These guys have a superiority complex and disregard for anyone. It's reflective of the program, and it's embarrassing.
 
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Jesus H Christ Jimbo, get a grip would ya...
 
The picking him out of a line up thing seems just a tad irrelevant given the story was that she knew his name and they were football players telling her to Google them. Must have been hard.....
 
Pretty sure the "independent" witness (maybe Rossi) was NOT able to ID anyone from a lineup. This story has no legs in court, but still will hang over this team. With no video and very differing accounts of what happened I can't imagine how he's dismissed. But can Jimbo not suspend him? That would get torn to shred in court of public opinion.
 
No one on this board knows jack regarding the accusation. Let it play out. But on the other hand I would think everyone already does know the obvious outcome if it did indeed happen. Jeez.
 
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Link to affidavit.

The independent witness is unable to identify Dalvin in a photo lineup that included him. The girl identifies him from a photo lineup days later but only after she is tainted by having a witness and her father specifically show her a pic of Dalvin and only Dalvin from social media.

The story in this affidavit sounds weird. Dalvin goes from being a nice guy trying to be a peacemaker to losing control and swinging because she pushed someone away.
 
That affidavit sounds like complete hor$e$hit. And is also VERY different from the story the victim and Schlabach told in his story.

He made it seem like Rossi saw Cook do all this, when Rossi saw it but couldn't ID Dalvin.

Freaking amazing...
 
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The affidavit definitely leaves much to be desired. Maybe I've become cynical, but my intuition says that both sides of the situation are leaving more than a few details out of the story. And I sure hope Dalvin didn't do it - primarily because of the battery allegation, but also because there are 2-3 witnesses "supporting" his side of the story who will be made out to be less than truthful with their statements.

And who goes looking for a security job at 2:30 a.m.? A Harvard grad and UF Med student? Weird.
 
The affidavit definitely leaves much to be desired. Maybe I've become cynical, but my intuition says that both sides of the situation are leaving more than a few details out of the story. And I sure hope Dalvin didn't do it - primarily because of the battery allegation, but also because there are 2-3 witnesses "supporting" his side of the story who will be made out to be less than truthful with their statements.

And who goes looking for a security job at 2:30 a.m.? A Harvard grad and UF Med student? Weird.
As someone who has done nightclub security once, you gotta go when they're open, and then he probably hung out at the bar afterwards... Makes sense to me.

If you're applying at a job at the mall, you'd probably shop some too, right? Just saying...
 
I worked (security and bartending) and managed bars all throughout my FSU years and then in Buckhead for another 7 afterward. To me, someone applying for a job at 2:30 a.m. when I'm trying to get drunks out of the bar, counting money, and getting the place cleaned up and the staff out the door generally got you a "come back tomorrow afternoon." But maybe I'm the odd duck.
 
Sorry for your loss....we have had our share of guys shipped out the door....not as good as this kid though.
 
That CV RTM posted the link to can't be the same Justin Rossi. No way.

You mean to tell me that this dude, who's done world class research in neuroscience at Harvard, Georgetown, is suddenly applying for a job as a bouncer at a bar in Tallahassee?
 
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