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Erie County District Attorney Frank Clark will conduct at press conference at 2:30 p.m. on Friday. According to the Buffalo News, Clark is expected to announce at that time that a deal has been reached in connection with the May 31 hit-and-run incident involving Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch.
We’re continuing to discuss the matter, and we haven’t reached a resolution yet,” Clark told the Buffalo News on Friday morning. “I’m very optimistic that we’ll have at least an agreement in principle by this afternoon.”
Grand jury appearances by three team officials had been scheduled for Friday, but those sessions have been postponed.
Though it’s better late than never for someone/anyone to take responsibility for an incident that left a woman injured, it’s a bit sad that Lynch has, by all appearances, opted to cooperate only after the authorities began to pressure Lynch’s employer, which then likely pressured Lynch to do the right thing.
June 20th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Get ready to reset the days without arrest meter.
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June 20th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
The real question here is will the deal result in the arrest meter being reset to 0.
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June 20th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Mike, after I got done reading the last paragraph of your synopsis on the Lynch situation I have to admit to a little disappointment. For a man who hasn’t pulled many punches with the conduct of other NFL players, that was a rather large softball lobbed in his (Lynch’s) direction.
I’m hoping that after his plea deal comes to fruition Marshall Goodell sees fit to suspend his ass without pay for four games. Only after the threat of a grand jury appearance he decides to play ball? I call bullshat on that one!!!
I hope there is some way under the law to prosecute this prima faaaaaaahkin donna other than the proverbial slap on the wrist.
/end rant
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June 20th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Florio lets be serious here. If you were in Lynch’s situation would you turn yourself in for a crime that the Buffalo PD has little to no evidence. The so-called witnesses the Police had were all heavily intoxicated the night of the crime which means there are no witnesses. As for the girl who was hit, she was bumped by his car and she had seven stitches. I mean honestly this girl is trying to sell this so she could bank off of this entire process. The facts are athletes are treated differently in this country because of their high-profile and because of the money they make. That’s the way it is and how it always will be. So get off of Lynch being a turd when he is doing what is in the best interest for himself, as we all would. It will be good to see this case resolved finally because to much time and money was being spent on a case that has little impact on society. It is sad that the media today is obsessed with covering every move a athlete makes. Go Bills!!! RIP- Tim Russert
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June 20th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
It would have been nice if the driver of the vehicle would have stopped and helped the woman, provided that he realized that someone had been it. Then when that did not happen, it would have been great for the driver to come forward upon learning that someone had been hit and this matter could have been cleared up. However, rather than devoting so much time to Marshawn Lynch for a relatively minor matter, why not focus on a certain Tampa Bay Tight End. On the basis of the Seattle Times article concerning that turd, he might have gotten away with rape. Why not post at least one article per day to convince him to “man up” and admit that he did what was suggested in the Seattle Times. Certainly a possible rape deserves much more attention that a few stitches from a hit and run.
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June 20th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
sirc24, you have some valid points, and I LOVE Marshawn (late round fantasy sleeper from last year for me) and while I’m a Pats fan first, Bills are my 2nd favorite team.
But you have to be objective and understand that regardless of who he is, it’s immoral and against the law to drive away from the scene. Now if he barely bumped her with say his sideview mirror (entirely possible given the minor injuries of someone getting hit by an SUV), and he didn’t realize it until later when he saw the damage or the cops knocked on his door, then he isn’t a ‘bad person’ but just someone stuck in a bad situation.
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June 20th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
I think the bottom line is I do agree that the whole situation did not have any morals. Unfortunately morals really don’t matter in the end. We all know that athletes are treated differently and that the laws sometimes don’t apply to them. It shouldn’t be that way but that is the current state of affairs. These players make millions of dollars and there is always going to be some person who wants to crash their party and profit. The law is the law and in the case of Lynch, trying to be as objective as I can, he used the law to his advantage. To add to the fact when Jim Kelly was beating his wife years ago (it is well known in Buffalo this happened) and was abusing drugs in the Super Bowl years , the media thought nothing of it. You look at the minor situation involving a good character athlete like Lynch who happens to have some dreadlocks and the color of his skin happens to be black the situation changes a lot. I am white and I can see this situation happening all to often, especially to athletes. It’s sad to see how the media has such an impact on their lives.
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