Anyone see this - charges dismissed against Joseph

[cruelhalo]

I see where some here and especially on other sites are saying MJ has paid sufficiently and dearly for this mess. BULLSHIT... any man that puts violent hands on a woman is a total POS and can suck a fat one as far as I'm concerned.

This (more than likely) wasn't his first scrap with his wife. But this is the first time he's been called out. Go away MJ and don't come back.

 

[Yantzeee]

Remember, the charges being dismissed doesn't mean he did it or didn't do it. It's just that there is no one to testify in this case so they basically had to dismiss the charges. Sounds like the Chris Beard situation at Texas. You have to let him go.

Last time I checked, innocent until proven guilty still applies in this country.

Was Mickey proven guilty? If not STFU

 

[salsa red]

 

[RedCap]

Mickey still strangled her. I’m glad he’s not representing NU.

I don't believe any of us know the real story. Only the two of them know the full truth of the situation. It's pure speculation one way or the other for any of the rest of us to judge. We shouldn't be passing judgment.

 

[drubendall]

Coach in waiting doesn’t have the good sense to wear a shirt and tie before the judge.

 

[jteten]

Yeah, good for him, but he obviously made poor decisions to get to that point. Nebraska is in a better place without him. Good luck to MJ.

 

[Huskers123456]

Coach in waiting doesn’t have the good sense to wear a shirt and tie before the judge.

If you are referring to the picture in the post above I think that was when he got out of jail. I thought the same thing initially.

 

[Huskers123456]

Either way I think better for NU to move on. He was clearly going to leave for some type of head coaching job if this didn't happen. So probably better to just get someone in there who can provide stability.

 

[rcnut223]

She moved to somewhere in Arizona and they couldn't find her to give her a summons to appear.

Didn’t want to commit purgery?

 

[IM4NUalways]

The whole thing ruined lives and careers. MJ was on top of the world. He could have been WR coach at NU. Or Head Coach at Tulsa. Sad.

He seems like a good dude but his past history of this type thing does not bode real well. Hope he gets his life together and does well.

 

[Frosts Playcall Sheet]

It’s just really not that hard to not get in a situation where you’re having national stories written about you choking a woman

 

[cubsker]

She moved to somewhere in Arizona and they couldn't find her to give her a summons to appear.

Frost's pool house?

 

[Big bo fan]

Didn’t want to commit purgery?

You are dumb

 

[resdog851]

"No one is above the law, and everyone has the right to a trial to prove innocence." -some drunk politician that clearly understands the law

 

[konaki]

His name is Deion Sanders. Phuk the prime bullshit.

 

[mgbreis]

Not so. The prosecutor WAS going to compel her to testify but could not get service on her to force her to appear for the trial.

I was a prosecutor for many years. This is how way too many of these cases turn out. The victim is afraid of becoming financially destitute, and the perp has by now apologized numerous times, bought her flowers and swore it would never happen again (but it will).

In domestic assault cases, I always made sure my cops tape recorded the victim's statement as close to the event occurring as possible. Then when she inevitably starts to backtrack, she is on tape. Further, I not only had them take pictures of the injuries at the time they occurred, I had my officers go back the next day to re-photograph those injuries. Why? The bruises rise and get darker overnight. It's a better record for trial.

It is more common for victims to back out like this than to follow through. When I subpoenaed victims, they were mad at me, not the scum that beat them up. They would be hostile, but if confronted with their recorded statement and the photos of the injuries, they had to admit the assault occurred.

100%. I was also a prosecutor for awhile and as you know EVERY prosecutor deals with this issue in DV cases. I know for a fact in Lancaster County there's no way they'd let MJ skate on this if they could get her served.

 

[huntered]

Yes, she notified the prosecutor that she wouldn't testify, so they issued an out-of-state subpoena to compel her testimony but they were unable to find her to deliver the summons (starting at :30 in the video).

hangin at the frost shack?

 

[Mack In Motion]

You are dumb

Yep. This is the apparently what they think was in his wife's mind:

"My husband is on the threshold of making sick millions. I know what I'll do! Pretend he beat me sideways in order to destroy his career. That will show him!"

 

[dinglefritz]

Choices matter in life

So do optics

He has nobody to blame but himself

Maybe go back to coaching high school where the pressure is nil

He would probably better off in the NFL if he can find a job.

 

[Huskers123456]

He would probably better off in the NFL if he can find a job.

I'm sure someone would at least hire him as an assistant WR coach if he's willing. Pay sucks but in a few years no one will care and he can go for a bigger gig.

 

[dinglefritz]

I'm sure someone would at least hire him as an assistant WR coach if he's willing. Pay sucks but in a few years no one will care and he can go for a bigger gig.

Too bad Denver has filled their staff.

 

[Redmich]

Look at Grays Harbor College as a potential landing site to get his career back on track

 

[Clevinger]

After all that he lost his job at NU. Lame.

The charges were dismissed because his wife refused to testify.

 

[Dean Pope]

"...moved to dismiss the case because the victim indicated she would not testify in the case."

And that accounts for 99.9% of the domestic assault cases that get dropped.

 

[stucknks]

I posted when he was charged that it would either be pled down or dismissed.

Ok you guessed what 85% of others were guessing would happen

 

[stucknks]

I don't believe any of us know the real story. Only the two of them know the full truth of the situation. It's pure speculation one way or the other for any of the rest of us to judge. We shouldn't be passing judgment.

Right on!

 

[king_kong_]

Ok you guessed what 85% of others were guessing would happen

He has receipts

Do you?

 

[stucknks]

Look at Grays Harbor College as a potential landing site to get his career back on track

Who is the bigger idiot now

 

[stucknks]

100%. I was also a prosecutor for awhile and as you know EVERY prosecutor deals with this issue in DV cases. I know for a fact in Lancaster County there's no way they'd let MJ skate on this if they could get her served.

Sure asswipe. Courts & attorneys want their money. Get lossed.

 

[stucknks]

Frost's pool house?

Not cool

 

[EmormousDouchebag]

"He absolutely shouldn't have strangled her but,......... women do know how to instigate and a lot of times start the physical altercation"

Based and tremendously KEK.

KEKTASTIC.

 

[dinglefritz]

Ok you guessed what 85% of others were guessing would happen

True but there were some who insisted he was gonna hang.

 

[dinglefritz]

100%. I was also a prosecutor for awhile and as you know EVERY prosecutor deals with this issue in DV cases. I know for a fact in Lancaster County there's no way they'd let MJ skate on this if they could get her served.

That said there were some inconsistencies in the police report that MJ’s attorney I think could have exploited. Honestly this might have been the best outcome for the family and the court. He’s extremely unlikely to re-offend and a conviction would have really limited his ability to provide for those kids. So basically a trial would have cost more taxpayer dollars and hurt his children IN THIS CASE. Not the usual domestic situation IMO.

 

[Big bo fan]

That said there were some inconsistencies in the police report that MJ’s attorney I think could have exploited. Honestly this might have been the best outcome for the family and the court. He’s extremely unlikely to re-offend and a conviction would have really limited his ability to provide for those kids. So basically a trial would have cost more taxpayer dollars and hurt his children IN THIS CASE. Not the usual domestic situation IMO.

Extremely unlikely to re-offend , this isn’t a first for him , just the first that he got charged with.

 

[MargotDeeper]

It's like none of you perfect 10's on here have never been in love with a gold digger.

 

[redwine65]

so basicly she provoked him...and did'nt have the honesty to admit it...
mickey as wr coach, and send the kid to a office job.

 

[Tuco Salamanca]

Innocent until proven guilty is only the standard in a courtroom. In the court of public perception, if it walks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, probably a duck.

 

[dinglefritz]

Extremely unlikely to re-offend , this isn’t a first for him , just the first that he got charged with.

I’ve not heard that from anyone but you.

 

[inWV]

I’ve not heard that from anyone but you.

Choking your wife when you’ve never laid a hand on her previously is a zero-100mph escalation. On a probability scale, it’s likely there was at least another incident.

 

[dinglefritz]

Choking your wife when you’ve never laid a hand on her previously is a zero-100mph escalation. On a probability scale, it’s likely there was at least another incident.

I told my wife a few years after we were married that IF she ever felt the need to have an affair to divorce me first…because I was afraid of what I might do if she did. Zero to 100 is not that surprising to me personally.