KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The lady who accused Chiefs extensive receiver Xavier Worthy of attacking her final week, leading to a case wherein the district legal professional has up to now declined to pursue expenses, has been granted a protecting order towards him by a Texas choose.
Attorneys for Tia Jones confirmed the order in a press release to The Related Press on Wednesday evening. They added that Jones is “fully cooperating with law enforcement as they continue to actively investigate the violence that occurred.”
“Ms. Jones has chosen to use her voice to speak up for herself,” stated Angelica Cogliano, who’s representing the lady together with attorneys Addy Miro, Leslie Booker and Deniz Kadirhan. “In doing so, she looks forward to the facts and circumstances of that night coming to light through the formal legal process, and getting the justice that she deserves.”
Worthy was arrested final Friday and held in a county jail on a cost of assault on a household or family member wherein their breath was impeded, or choking in frequent phrases. He was launched the next day, when Williamson County District Lawyer Shawn Dick stated that his workplace has spoken with witnesses and was not accepting the case at the moment.
Williamson County consists of components of Austin, the place Worthy performed school soccer on the College of Texas.
In a press release, Worthy’s attorneys, Chip Lewis and Sam Bassett, stated their consumer was harmless of the cost towards him. They stated the allegation was made by a lady who had been residing in Worthy’s house, and that she had been requested to go away a number of occasions over the past two weeks “upon discovery of her infidelity.”
“She has refused to vacate the residence and made a number of extortive efforts prior to resorting to this baseless allegation against Mr. Worthy,” the attorneys stated. “The complainant further destroyed a room in the residence, scratched Mr. Worthy’s face and ripped out parts of his hair, which there is photographic evidence of. Worthy told law enforcement at the time of the incident he did not want to press charges against the complainant.”
The Chiefs instructed the AP on Saturday that they had been conscious of the state of affairs and nonetheless gathering data.
Worthy was chosen by the Chiefs with the twenty eighth general choose in final 12 months’s draft after setting the file for the quickest 40-yard sprint on the NFL mix. He acquired off to a fast begin by scoring a pair of touchdowns in his NFL debut, and after a midseason lull, he turned the Chiefs’ go-to extensive receiver as they chased an unprecedented third consecutive Tremendous Bowl title.
Worthy completed with 59 catches for 638 yards and 6 TDs whereas working 20 occasions for 104 yards and three extra scores.
He was one of many few vivid spots for the Chiefs in a 40-22 loss to Philadelphia within the Tremendous Bowl, too. Worthy caught all eight of his targets for 157 yards and a pair of touchdowns on the Superdome in New Orleans.
