Giants defensive back Geoffrey Pope has been cleared of any and all allegations of misconduct in connection with a late Friday/early Saturday brawl that resulted in a man being hit in the head with a champagne bottle.
Pope’s agent, Rich De Luca, tells us that Pope was cleared after the man responsible for swinging the bottle of bubbly turned himself in.
It was initially reported that Pope faced felony battery charges in the wake of the incident.
We’ve also separately heard that Browns receiver Braylon Edwards was at the same club that evening, but that he was wise enough to make like a shepherd and get the flock out when things to a turn toward violence. Edwards was not detained, questioned, or accused at any time of any wrongdoing.
De Luca tells us that the Giants are aware of the development, and that they’ll be issuing a statement soon.
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June 23rd, 2008 at 1:18 pm
How’s that “punk” label looking now, huh? That’s right, jackasses. Go Geoff!
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June 23rd, 2008 at 1:18 pm
I wonder how much Pope paid this dude to “turn himself in”.
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June 23rd, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Oh, come on - this one is TOO easy!
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June 23rd, 2008 at 2:01 pm
I for one, apologize for referring to Mr. Pope as a punk.
I should have said, alleged punk and then when the charges are dropped then I wouldn’t have to issue any apology.
But I do stand by my original assessment that anyone swinging a champagne bottle at another human being’s head is a punk. In this case, Mr. Pope is absolved (allegedly) from the incident or has paid (allegedly) the self confessed criminal for admitting to it on his behalf.
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June 23rd, 2008 at 2:41 pm
What does something like that cost?
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June 23rd, 2008 at 2:46 pm
I don’t think they would just clear him of all charges just because someone else confessed. They’d still investigate and there would still be witnesses that he did it, if he actually did. The fact they cleared him so quickly says to me there was absolutely nothing to indicate he might be guilty.
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June 23rd, 2008 at 3:08 pm
allegedly might get you off the hook with politically correct bloggers like the one who writes this site, but everyone knows you still jumped to a conclusion, with or without the extra word to cover your ass
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June 23rd, 2008 at 5:41 pm
allegedly it would have covered my ass, Mr. Pope’s character notwithstanding.
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