‘I never assaulted nobody': Former WVU player speaks following weekend arrest
COVINGTON, Ky. (WBOY) — Days after Adam 'Pacman' Jones was arrested in a Cincinnati suburb on charges including assaulting a police officer, the former WVU player issued a statement claiming the accusations are false.
In a clip from 'Politely Raw! The Pacman Jones Show,' which Jones posted to his Instragram page Monday, the former Mountaineer refuted a police report, which claimed that he, while handcuffed, 'intentionally threw his elbow upwards and struck an officer in the bottom lip, causing inside of lip to bleed,' as read during the show by his co-host.
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Jones said the assault charge stemmed from him doing 'this,' which he said while demonstrating a light shoving motion. Jones also said he thinks he 'has a real lawsuit here,' but added that 'the people in the jail treated me unbelievable good.'
'Them people that was in there, they treated me how they treated everybody else,' Jones said.
Jones is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday at 8 a.m.
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