Former Cardinals government Terry McDonough, who has a pending arbitration in opposition to the workforce, has a brand new merchandise on his private authorized docket.
Through ESPN.com, a neighbor has accused McDonough of assault, following an alleged incident on March 12. McDonough allegedly chest-bumped the neighbor earlier than allegedly placing his palms across the neighbor’s neck and attempting to choke him.
McDonough has a listening to on April 11.
The prison affidavit filed by the neighbor contends that McDonough was upset about tractor gear damaging his garden. The neighbor alleged that McDonough “has a historical past of unstable conduct and in addition [was] publicized in nationwide information associated to a case he has with the Arizona Cardinals. He tried to strangle me unprovoked and each me and my household don’t really feel secure.”
It’s odd that the neighbor gratuitously talked about McDonough’s dispute with the Cardinals. It’s irrelevant as to if an assault occurred.
The assault can be irrelevant to McDonough’s case in opposition to the Cardinals. That probably received’t cease the Cardinals from attempting to make use of it to their benefit, at a minimal for P.R. functions. Per a league supply, a number of reporters have claimed that the Cardinals despatched them the article concerning the alleged assault.
It’s not a shock. That’s what firms that defend authorized claims from former workers do. Flip the tables. Level a finger. Make it about something aside from whether or not the employer did one thing mistaken.
UPDATE 11:07 a.m. ET: By his lawyer, Mike Caspino, McDonough has denied the allegations.
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