Manziel is facing a criminal investigation by police after allegations that he hit his former girlfriend last weekend in Texas.
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“As there are many emotional factors involved, it is not uncommon for a victim of domestic violence to question or delay reporting an assault”.
Crowley released a statement to WFAA, the ABC affiliate in Dallas, on Friday night.
The Associated Press left messages seeking comment for Manziel, his parents and a lawyer who represented the player when he was at Texas A&M.
The Browns will address Manziel’s status “when permitted by league rules”.
The Browns release a statement on Manziel from director of football operations Sashi Brown, saying: “We’ve been clear about expectations for our players on and off the field”.
Crowley was inside her Fort Worth apartment Friday but was not seeing visitors.
Vincent said the league has reached out to both the Browns coaching staff and Manziel’s family asking the quarterback to consider a helping hand.
A Tarrant County judge grants Crowley the restraining order, ruling Manziel can not see Crowley for two years, and that he must stay 500 feet from her home and workplace as well as pay $12,000 in legal fees.
A scrambling quarterback who can usually wriggle his way out of a predicament, Manziel is under pressure unlike any he’s felt before. Police in OH, where the incident occurred, did not pursue criminal charges and let the couple leave the scene together even though Crowley had friction burns on her wrist from Manziel attempting to restrain her. Vincent said the worry now isn’t about Manziel as a player but a person. “I don’t know what will happen next with this case – that’ll be up to the Dallas Police Department”, she said.
“The NFL definitely has everything that it needs to be able to help him, all the resources that it needs to help”, Bush said. She told police in Fort Worth that Manziel struck her “several times” and that the 2012 Heisman Trophy victor acted “as if he were on some kind of drugs”, but she maintained he was not intoxicated.
Cleveland browns QB Johnny Manziel, 23, has now had a limiting request documented against him by ex Colleen Crowley after cops were called taking after a contention that professedly got vicious on January 31. I love watching him play. “I am hopeful that everyone will understandably respect my wish for privacy at this time”, Crowley said in a statement. Erik Burkhardt said that with “deep regret” he has ended the business relationship.
“I don’t want to make a big deal”, she said.
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Charlie Sheen has some advice for Johnny Football. League spokesman Greg Aiello said in an email to the AP that “we are aware of the police report”.
