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Bills running back Marshawn Lynch will go to court on Friday to plead guilty to a traffic violation, and afterward will speak publicly for the first time about his hit-and-run accident, the Buffalo News is reporting.
According to the News, the two charges he could face are failure to exercise due care to avoid striking a pedestrian and leaving the scene of a property-damage accident. Both carry maximum penalties of $250 and 15 days in jail, but Lynch will almost certainly not go to jail.
“We’ll look at something that we feel fits the facts and fairly resolves the issues,” Erie County District Attorney Frank J. Clark said. “Those [two] sections are commonly used to resolve cases of people charged with leaving the scene of a personal-injury accident.”
Lynch’s lawyer said he would not comment until Friday.
Lynch’s SUV hit a woman and drove off at 3:30 a.m. on May 31. The woman, who was treated at a local hospital, has hired a personal-injury lawyer.
June 25th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
jcasey: When people don’t have an argument they resort to name-calling. I guess you don’t have an argument.
And as for you calling him “Buffalo’s newest thug,” up until this point Lynch — whose first name, by the way, is spelled “Marshawn” — had never been in trouble with the law, never been arrested, never been charged with a crime.
Up until this point, Lynch has had fewer legal problems than Peyton Manning.
So to label him a thug for a traffic accident is, well, pretty nearsighted.
to cygnus x-1: Yes, it could be looked at like he’s getting special treatment, but as a high-profile athlete he has to be EXTRA CAUTIOUS with the legal system, which is why he was a model client. Plus, not everybody is arrested for hit-and-run, especially when they don’t know they hit somebody. Lynch didn’t get special treatment — did you see all the scrutiny placed on him over the past 25 days?
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June 25th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
the only reason he had so much scrtiny on him was his refusal to co-operate with the authorities in the first place.if my name was out there accusing me of something I did not do I would be letting everyone know I did not do it. but being the model client he is let his lawyer do the talking for him. so now he gets off with a ticket great.plus there is no way this will go to trial in a cival case so he will not have to answer any questions about the whole incident.but that’s ok because no matter how he or you or his attornies spin it he is guilty in the eyes of the public or he would not have gone to all this trouble to avoid charges and would not have to end up paying this ladie a nice sum to keep quiet. everyone makes mistakes but not owning up to them and then acting like it’s no big deal makes you look like the rich jerk you are no matter how many fee clinics you give poor kids.
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June 26th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Rob, most of the readers here are obviously bias so just ignore them.
I just hope that Beast Mode is back on my Fantasy team this year.
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June 26th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Of course he got special treatment. Most of the posters here would have been found and dragged off to the pokey.
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