A grand jury in Ohio indicted Eagles offensive lineman Josh Sills on Wednesday on one count of rape and one count of kidnapping, according to ESPN.com’s Tim McManus. The rookie is no longer on Philadelphia’s active roster.
The NFL placed Sills on the commissioner’s exempt list, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com tweets. The exempt list or “paid leave” will prevent Sills from practicing or traveling with the Eagles ahead of Super Bowl LVII, and his future with the team should be considered very much in doubt.
Sills, 25, is alleged to have engaged in nonconsensual sexual activity and is accused of holding a victim against her will in December 2019. The Eagles signed Sills as a UDFA in May. Although Sills was on Philadelphia’s 53-man roster as of Wednesday morning, he has played in one game this season.
“The organization is aware of the legal matter involving Josh Sills,” the Eagles said in a statement. “We have been in communication with the league office and are in the process of gathering more information. We have no further comment at this time.”
The accuser said she has known Sills for seven or eight years, having gone to high school with him. She accused Sills of sexual assault, saying in a statement he both touched her inappropriately and forced her to perform oral sex on Dec. 5, 2019, according to ESPN. The woman received emergency room care at Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center, with a nurse informing a police officer bruising could be found in the back of the woman’s throat and inner lip. Bruising also was present on the accuser’s right ear and back of her knee.
A Sarahsville, Ohio, native who transferred from West Virginia to Oklahoma State in 2020, Sills has been an Eagles backup this season. He played four regular-season snaps — all on special teams — but has spent his rookie year as a gameday inactive. The NFL will review this case under its personal conduct policy.
yikes. well comments arent locked cuz it isnt DV from a Mets player.
You’re so mad 🙁
One can be mad and still make a true statement . . .
Lol what am I mad about? The site moderation? You like censorship?
If it was the same author your comment could be considered valid, but they aren’t, so jumping to that conclusion is pretty telling about how mad you are. Perhaps if you’re too offended by “censorship,” you could take it up with the author of the Mets post(s) you’re speaking of, rather than running to the comment section of a totally unrelated story (that isn’t even on the same blog/page), to whine and moan about “censorship.”
Lol you sound mad bro
CYA bozo
December 2019…. over three years ago and now she comes forward?
SMH
Maximum Damage of Sill’s reputation is what she is looking for
These comments man… You read before? She went to the hospital and the police were informed then when the event happened. The nurse made them aware of the findings. This isn’t something new. It’s just when the DA officially filed the charges.
Still it took three years to step up to the plate
That is ridiculous
Dude this happens every year during the playoffs. Or maybe it happens all the time and we just notice it more when it’s playoff teams? Anyways the two weeks leading up to Super Bowl are always filled w suspicious chicanery
they only did this now cause he’s in the SuperBowl. What a way for a DA to get some credit.The woman reported the rape right after it happened, so why did it just get indicted now? It happened in Nov 2019, so why just now? Like I said above, I think I know why?
Now, with that said if it can be proven he did it I hope they put him away for the rest of his life!!
Some of the comments here are disgusting. She reported it right away and I don’t know why he wasn’t detained immediately, but the delay due to the backlog in the court system (i.e., impaneling of a grand jury) could be due to the pandemic, at least in part.
As for the Super Bowl itself, I gather since he’s now on the exempt list that the Eagles will be able to roster another player. Can they sign anyone from an eliminated team who is a free agent after the season for the game only or would any such player still be under contract to his current team until free agency opens up in March?
I was one of FOUR witnesses to a man holding a gun to his wife’s head, who is a dear friend of mine. Police were called immediately, the man was arrested. It was NOT his first incident of domestic violence.
He was released within eight hours with a lot of conditions to his bail – restraining order, he couldn’t drink, etc. Since then, he goes to bars all the time, and photo and video evidence of those actions were sent to the prosecuting attorney. He regularly cruises by her home. Security camera video has been forwarded to the prosecuting attorney. He has been allowed to terrify this woman, regardless of all the times he’s been reported. She lives in constant terror of this poor excuse for a human.
His grand jury hearing is next week. The incident happened 19 months ago. I’ve seen the agony this woman has had to endure, despite the fact that she’s done everything promptly and by the book.
Nobody cares. This guy isn’t even a pro athlete. Nobody cares. If you happen to be an abused woman, even a severely abused woman… Well, sorry. Too bad.
Sound fair?
Ohio has a lot of backlog I suppose