Gunzlingr
10-25-2006, 11:56 AM
DENVER -- A domestic violence case against Cleveland Browns (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/clubhouse?team=cle) running back Reuben Droughns (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=5110) will be dropped, his lawyer said Wednesday.
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Defense attorney Harvey Steinberg said prosecutors apparently concluded their case was too weak. A spokeswoman for the district attorney's office did not immediately return a call.
Droughns, who played for the Denver Broncos (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/clubhouse?team=den) until a 2005 trade, had been arrested for investigation of third-degree assault and harassment after a May 12 incident at his suburban Denver home.
He was accused of throwing his wife, Kellie, to the ground and onto a bed before throwing her outside and locking the door.
He had been free on $2,500 bond.
"Obviously he's happy," Steinberg said. "He's always maintained he did nothing wrong and shouldn't have been charged or arrested."
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Defense attorney Harvey Steinberg said prosecutors apparently concluded their case was too weak. A spokeswoman for the district attorney's office did not immediately return a call.
Droughns, who played for the Denver Broncos (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/clubhouse?team=den) until a 2005 trade, had been arrested for investigation of third-degree assault and harassment after a May 12 incident at his suburban Denver home.
He was accused of throwing his wife, Kellie, to the ground and onto a bed before throwing her outside and locking the door.
He had been free on $2,500 bond.
"Obviously he's happy," Steinberg said. "He's always maintained he did nothing wrong and shouldn't have been charged or arrested."
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