Four LSU players including starting quarterback Jordan Jefferson will be taken in police custody Monday, according to a SportsNOLA.com source with the Baton Rouge Police Department.
Jefferson and numerous teammates were allegedly involved in a fight early Friday morning outside of Shady's, an off-campus bar. Four people were injured in the incident and are reportedly pondering legal action.
Jefferson and redshirt offensive tackle Chris Davenport face second degree battery charges while junior starting defensive tackle Josh Downs and freshman wide receiver Jarvis Landry will be charged with simple battery.
If found guilty of second degree battery, Jefferson and Davenport could face as serious a punishment as three to five years in prison and up to a $2,000 fine.
Several people who claim to have witnessed the incident tell 9NEWS that around 2 a.m. Friday, a young man driving a truck blew his horn to get a group of people blocking the driveway to move out of the way at Shady's Bar on East Boyd Ave. That's when they say a group of people pulled the driver out of the truck and began beating him. That's when they say a Marine who had just returned from training ran to assist the driver and was beaten and thrown to the ground. Multiple people who claim to have witnessed the incident tell 9NEWS LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson then kicked the Marine in the head.
If this is true, then Jefferson should do some time in prison. LSU has had a remarkable run of low character QBs.Multiple people who claim to have witnessed the incident tell 9NEWS LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson then kicked the Marine in the head.
If two players are arrested and charged with a felony, they have to immediately be thrown off of the team. I know LSU is pre-season #4, but it doesn't matter. You can't have potentially soon-to-be felons playing on your team. If two more are charged with misdemeanors, then they need to be suspended indefinitely, and I can't imagine what they could do to earn their way back on the field.Stone would not confirm a report on sportsnola.com that Jefferson and Davenport will be arrested for second-degree battery and Johns and Landry for simple battery.
Second-degree battery is a felony. Simple battery -- a slap or a punch -- is a misdemeanor. Second-degree battery results would entail broken bones or other physical injuries, and trips to the hospital.
An undetermined number of LSU players apparently violated curfew after a 10:30 p.m. bed check Thursday and were involved in a brawl in the parking lot of Shady's bar, 623 E. Boyd, near campus. Four people were injured and went to area hospitals. Baton Rouge police said 15 to 20 LSU players were involved but were gone by the time police arrived.
I have never been a Les Miles fan. The 2007 LSU team proved that it is possible to win a MNC despite your coach. 15 to 20 players making a 10:30 PM bed check and then being spotted at a bar three hours later shows me that he isn't in charge. He recruits incredible athletes, but I look for them to slip a little every season that he remains at the helm. Just my two cents.The team was scheduled to break camp Friday and return to their own dwellings after being housed together at the West Campus Apartments since Aug. 3. Miles said the count was 100 percent at bed check.
"Curfew was 10:30 p.m.," he said. "They were all in. Everyone was in at curfew. Everyone."
osu1991 said:He gets no respect from me or people in Oklahoma for the way he left OSU.
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Can you say Nick Saban?
For the way he left LSU (loaded with talent I might add and set for seasons) ? Or the way he left Miami (which I still can't see why LSU fans really care about, but many do)?
Lol, since it was a LSU fan I was responding to I doubt MSU entered into it, but with the corn dogs who knows.
I know. Just adding another program that Saban left on a bad note. Seems to be the way he operates.
Are we putting every school left as "left on a bad note " now? If so....
Looks like the accused have lawyered up...
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