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POSTED 10:37 p.m. EDT, June 6, 2007
THURMAN CHARGES A MONEY GRAB?
A league source tells us that the pool of persons who were allegedly roughed up over the weekend in Georgia by Bengals linebacker Odell Thurman has grown to four -- and that they are willing to drop all charges and put the matter behind them.
In exchange for a payment in the amount of $250,000. Each.
Per the source, the Thurman camp politely (or otherwise) declined. The quartet then threatened to take the thing to the media, to which the Thurman camp responded by providing the phone number to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Indeed, the charges already have hit the press. Thus, the threat to go public is, at this point, sort of meaningless.
Due to the fact that the alleged victims waited until the next day to call the cops, a hearing will be held on Friday to determine whether an arrest warrant will be issued for Thurman.
Thurman is currently serving a one-year suspension for violation of the NFL's substance-abuse policy. He could face separate discipline under the Personal Conduct Policy based on the outcome of the situation in Georgia.
THURMAN CHARGES A MONEY GRAB?
A league source tells us that the pool of persons who were allegedly roughed up over the weekend in Georgia by Bengals linebacker Odell Thurman has grown to four -- and that they are willing to drop all charges and put the matter behind them.
In exchange for a payment in the amount of $250,000. Each.
Per the source, the Thurman camp politely (or otherwise) declined. The quartet then threatened to take the thing to the media, to which the Thurman camp responded by providing the phone number to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Indeed, the charges already have hit the press. Thus, the threat to go public is, at this point, sort of meaningless.
Due to the fact that the alleged victims waited until the next day to call the cops, a hearing will be held on Friday to determine whether an arrest warrant will be issued for Thurman.
Thurman is currently serving a one-year suspension for violation of the NFL's substance-abuse policy. He could face separate discipline under the Personal Conduct Policy based on the outcome of the situation in Georgia.
