Case against veteran free agent linebacker Barkevious Mingo dismissed

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The case involving a charge of indecency with a child-sexual contact against veteran free agent outside linebacker Barkevious Mingo was dismissed Friday, according to Mingo’s lawyer, Chris Lewis.

A grand jury in Tarrant County in Texas offered a “no-bill” on the charge, which meant the jury determined there was not sufficient evidence to prosecute Mingo.

“Today’s decision is the first step in restoring Keke’s good name,” Lewis told ESPN. “And successfully brings to a close what has been a painful and uncertain chapter in his life.”

Particulars of grand jury testimony and proceedings are private and not made public after the fact in Texas.

Mingo was arrested in July with a second-degree felony charge. According to an arrest warrant obtained by ESPN at the time, a 13-year-old boy had alleged Mingo pulled at his underwear and touched him inappropriately back in 2019.

The Atlanta Falcons released Mingo soon after the arrest.

Mingo’s attorneys have maintained that the claims levied against Mingo were false. Lewis told ESPN there were sworn statements from people present on the night of the alleged incident who provided contradictory statements to story from the complaining witness.

Lewis also said Mingo took a voluntary polygraph exam, where he denied the allegations and the polygraph determined Mingo to be truthful in his statements.

The 31-year-old Mingo was taken in the first round of the 2013 draft. He played three years with Cleveland and then spent one season each with New England, Indianapolis, Seattle, Houston and Chicago before signing with Atlanta in the spring.



Source : ESPN