Jun 26th 2008 12:10PM by Josh Alper (author feed)
Filed under: Broncos, AFC West, Denver, NFL Police Blotter
We’re still waiting for any fallout from the revelation that Brandon Marshall was arrested for the third time in 12 months in March but Marshall is going on the offensive against his accuser. He claims that Rasheedah Watley was trying to extort money and a car from him in exchange for keeping their affairs out of a courtroom. Her attorney emailed Harvey Steinberg, attorney for Marshall, and Steinberg provided details of the email to the .
More than a year later, in an e-mail to Steinberg, O’Marra maintained that Marshall had offered to put Watley up in a furnished apartment for a year, get her a car comparable to her former BMW 645 and put $30,000 in her checking account, and that a settlement of $150,000 would be accepted. Five days later, that figure had shrunk to $100,000.
That was more than a year after a previous domestic violence charge against Marshall. When he refused to comply, Steinberg claims that the most recent charges, which he calls “unfounded,” came to light. He also said the March incident was a figment of the imagination.
It’s hard to believe that assertion. The reports that when police were summoned to Marshall’s home on March 4th, they found the receiver bleeding from a cut on his hand. Watley claims that Marshall found a text message from another man on her phone and beat her as a result.Continue Reading
