In the text, Hinton also said he had been sent a receipt indicating the 23-year-old quarterback had spent more than $1,000 at a drug paraphernalia less than 24 hours after being involved in an alleged hit-and-run auto accident.
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Not surprisingly, lead attorney Jim Darnell confirmed to Denise C Michaels, a branding and marketing specialist, that Hinton is no longer on the team to defend Manziel.
2016 has marked a period of troubled times for the 2012 Heisman Trophy victor. Until then, he’s on his own. Michaels called the purchase “a rumor”. They broke up in December after dating for two years.
Johnny Manziel arrived at the Dallas County courthouse with his attorney Jim Darnell for a bond hearing.
On the heels of the errant text and in response to a question about Manziel’s auto being hit last week on the driver’s side, his father, Paul, told ESPN’s Rosina Anderson, that his son is in trouble with drugs and would benefit from being locked up. Similar cases usually result in deferred adjudication probation, meaning the charges are dismissed after one to two years, said David Finn, a Dallas attorney and former judge who is not associated with the Manziel case. However, as he mentioned in the text message, this could still depend on the conditions that the court will set.
Manziel’s rise and fall has always been punctuated with headlines for his off-field partying.
Paul Manziel was exasperated by the whole ordeal, and by Manziel’s tumultuous off-season. He also faces potential punishment from the National Football League under tougher standards regarding domestic violence cases adopted in 2014 following the Rice case.
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Crowley, told police that Manziel had invited her to his hotel room to talk and that he slapped her head, rupturing her eardrum and causing her to lose her hearing.
