Eagles linebacker Nigel Bradham has reached a deferred prosecution agreement that will move his assault case out of the courts and likely allow him to avoid jail time, reports Tim McManus of ESPN.com.
Last July, Bradham was reportedly part of a six-person group that began arguing with a Hilton Bentley hotel employee over the amount of time it took to receive an umbrella they had apparently purchased. The scene grew violent, the worker was struck over the head with a glass bottle, and, according to a police report, Bradham “without provocation, struck the victim in the nose with a closed fist, causing the victim to fall to the ground.”
Bradham, who was charged with aggravated battery — a second degree felony — will likely avoid incarceration, but that doesn’t mean he won’t face NFL punishment, as Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk details. As of last October, the league was still investigating Bradham, and can impose its own penalties regardless of the legal outcome. As Florio writes, the baseline suspension under the NFL’s personal conduct policy is six games.
Bradham, 27, is also facing a misdemeanor weapons charge after bringing a gun into a Miami airport in October. He’ll attend a hearing related to that case on July 24, according to McManus.
