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navydawg
✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
I Hope this resolves this for Both of these young people’s sakes. And for the Dawgs sakes that Young is restored to the team. And last but certainly not least for the taxpayers and judicial system of Athens-Clark County as this will be one less case to be tried through the system.
Hopefully lessons will be learned by Both of these young people AND Hopefully it’ll serve notice to other young people how easily a situation can escalate into something Very bad, Very fast.
I’ve read the comments here and we can speculate and discuss etc. But we I've to be careful not to Judge because we only know from the information we’re given, we weren’t there and might Never know the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth. Let’s Hope it all goes smoothly for All parties involved.
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SnakeScott13
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Hoping for the best for both parties and I definitely made my share of mistakes as a kid but the length of time before the retraction makes one question it .
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sthop456
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Baby-mama wised up and finally realized that baby-daddy will make more $$$, hence, more $$$ for her, if he has a shot at the NFL, which is less likely to happen if he gets kicked off the team. Can be the diff between $600 month child support or $6000 month child support. She's finally playing the long game.
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wpony714
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An opposing set of questions could be asked of Colbie. For instance, he knows the consequences of having children and/or baby mommas while young and trying to forge a pro career. Why didn't he wrap it up or insist on her proof of birth control? Why didn't he remove himself from the apartment once she refused to leave? I mean, call a teammate and go there, no consequences, right?
You claim it's purely he-said/she-said but then you declare that, "she picked up his phone and saw another woman's texts". How do you know that's how it went down unless you were there? If you want to suspend allegations, then don't introduce them as facts. BTW, the police report states that Colbie was on the phone with another female, nothing to do with texts.
The one thing that makes it more than he-said/she-said is the marks on her. According to the police report, "After inspecting the victim’s injuries – noticing a bruise and discoloration on the bottom side of her chest where it meets the abdomen and redness on her right flank." Those marks are the witness.
Also from the report, " The officer asked Young what had occurred with the victim. Young initially told him nothing before opening up in further interviewing….Young was “very closed and gave very short answers” according to the report. He said that the victim “came over invited” to talk about their recently ended relationship.
Evaluating all the information he had gathered from the two sources, the officer found probable cause “based on the totality of the circumstances with physical evidence of injury” and placed Young under arrest.
The officer requested special condition of bond “due to (the victim) expressing some concerns about mental abuse in the past that had now escalated to alleged physical abuse.” She made mention of being scared of him, also adding the Young owns a firearm."
She was invited over by Young. He initially lied to the cops. He put his hands on her. He admitted to an escalation in the conversation. He owns a gun. Do these seem like good decisions on Colbie's part? You can blame the alleged victim all you want while also still holding Colbie responsible for his part.
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Grogers
✭✭✭ Junior
Put the dude back on the team. This is not a RaRa Thomas situation. I get it. Needs to be taken seriously. But his rights are as important as hers.
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reddawg1
✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
Im all for punishing a man that abuses a woman in anyway physically. I'm also not for punishing and ruining a man's career and future over a jealous rage because she got dumped(as unkind as that might be). I don't know which it was. THere was a reason that the police were called and a reason that she wants all charges dropped. It's OK to speculate what those reasons were without casting judgment either way. THey don't add up. I guess we all need to quit watching dateline.
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UGA66
✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
As for this old UGA fan, UGA needs Colbie back….! Hope this is resolved soon. If she drops charges, so be it and it is resolved.
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CandlerPark
✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
We may live in a world within the multiverse world where she was a jealous girlfriend who went at him and had to be restrained. Or maybe we live in a world in which he really did assault her and she was coerced into recanting.
The point is: We don't know!
Even the two individuals involved may remember what happened differently. We all know that the human species is prone to rationalize past actions.
Is it possible for us to refrain from judging on this sort of case? Is it possible for us to accept the information that Dawgnation is bringing to us without speculating based on our own stereotypes (jealous girlfriend/bullying athlete)?
This is a UGA football site. I'm all into going over the officials' penalty calls, the coaches' play calls and the players' performances with a fine-toothed comb. That's totally appropriate.
And I even think it's fair to criticize a young man's judgment based on objective criteria, such as driving 90 mph in 35 mph zone.
But this sort of thing? Where it's based on she said/he said? Using it to vent own male biases that "women do this all time?" C'mon.
I don't know the Bible super well, but I'm pretty sure there's a whole lot in there saying that's wrong.
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osmosiphobe
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Those of y’all pointing the young lady out: it says pretty clearly in the article that the story she gave the cops is different from what the cops are actually reporting.
Sounds more than anything like a case of the ACCPD strikes again.
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reddawg1
✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
@Gibroni88 /@Ugadad20
Seems like a woman spurned scenario to me and not a lot of substance as far as anyone inflicting any real physical pain (other than emotional). She wanted her pound of flesh until someone told her that's not how you go about it. There's a better way. Pure speculation of course.
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Gibroni88
✭✭✭✭ Senior
That is exactly correct.
Ugadad whomever is being completely disingenuous.
As reported in the Athens Banner herald AND on this website (and updated), The incident was a complete “He said, She said”.
The police report and the on scene officer both reported there were ZERO witnesses, that she went to his apartment, designated as an “ex boyfriend”, and during that time and altercation occurred where he did not want her inside his residence anymore, and she refused to leave.
And it was also reported that it was between 12 am and 4 am, which begs the question why are you going over to your ex boyfriends place of residence at some crazy time like that and pregnant-and that she got upset when she picked up his smart phone and saw another woman’s texts on it-as if that is her business, which it is NOT.
he said, she said.
and now you have a recantation of the she said less than 6 days after the report and arrest was made-on an incident from months ago.🤔
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UGADad20
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Upon further review it would appear she got paid for her silence. I am not saying he did anything or she was initially lying. But something happened. There was an altercation and apparently she ended up with marks on her person. THAT alone is enough for the system to pursue charges regardless of whether there was a witness or not. If the circumstances are indicative that a crime occurred, charges can be pursued w/o witnesses or her pressing charges.
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reddawg1
✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
Doesnt sound like there was a witness present who could verify either his or her story.
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ChawlieDawg88
✭✭ Sophomore
Okay, If the chargers are false, she should be charged with making a false report!One of two things happened: she lied from the start of she took some money to make it go away. This continues to happen everywhere. "Oops sorry, I made a mistake here officer, my bad".
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WildmanSlayer
✭✭✭ Junior
And someone needs to fix this web page, this is unacceptable, you should have more pride in your page.
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WildmanSlayer
✭✭✭ Junior
Doesn't matter what happen, because they were the only two that really know, and she is recanting her story, not sure what to make of it, but unless the case gets kicked out, he's still going to have this hanging around his neck.
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UGADad20
✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
A more likely scenario is that the ex girlfriend showed up, she came in, they argued, she refused to leave and he picked her up and carried her outside (against her will). Not exactly battery but not exactly nothing. Certainly in the grey area especially when you, unwantedly, put your hands on someone. Especially a pregnant woman.
Someone (one of Young's advisors) may have sat her down and explained, "If you press these charges it will end his season and maybe his football career. If you withdraw your charges he has a chance to play, be drafted to the NFL and make more money towards child support". And viola' the charges get withdrawn.
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Gibroni88
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I told you in a post the day after it was reported and I will repeat it again:
She was an ex GF trespassing at his apartment, saw him communicating with another female, emotionally distraught, and nothing in the report from the reporting PO pointed to anything other than that. She was upset and emotional and made the entire story up.
PERIOD. And Athens PD had it out for UGA players, with no regard for his rights.
🤷♂️😎
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