Police have charged three people with connections to Rutgers wide receiver Leonte Carroo for their alleged roles in an altercation outside the Hale Center on Sept. 12.
NEW BRUNSWICK - The lawyer representing Rutgers wide receiver Leonte Carroo in a court hearing involving a temporary restraining order said Wednesday that two cellphone videos will show that Carroo never touched the alleged victim.
William Fetky, Carroo's attorney, said that the alleged victim was actually the aggressor in the Sept. 12 brawl.
"Everything indicates that she is the only one who should be charged in this," Fetky said.
Fetky also said that Carroo's friend, Shane Turner, will testify that he grabbed the victim's arm and pushed her to the ground outside the Hale Center in Piscataway.
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Fetky said Carroo instead grabbed his girlfriend Maria Vega to get her out of the fight, and never touched anyone else. Vega, who has also been charged with assault in the incident, suffered a few scratches and bruises from the event, and was treated at the hospital, he said.
The victim, who has a temporary restraining order against Carroo, was in Family Court today to request a permanent restraining order. The victim had previously been romantically involved with Carroo, leading to hte domestic violence charge.
Outside of the courtroom Wednesday she stood by her original claim, and said Fetky's statement was false. She said she did not provoke the incident.
She also said that she knows Turner, and knows that it wasn't him who knocked her to the ground.
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Carroo was charged Sept. 12. Carroo was immediately suspended indefinitely from the football program by Rutgers Coach Kyle Flood.
His mother, Lavern Carroo, 41, Vega, 20, and her father, Juan Vega, 52, were also charged by the Rutgers University Police Department for simple assault and disorderly conduct Tuesday in connection to the same fight.
Authorities said their actions included general fighting behavior, specifically hair pulling and striking a victim in the face with a hand.
Carroo is the seventh Rutgers player arrested since Sept. 3. Six other players have been arrested and suspended from the team, as a result. Two players, cornerback Dre Boggs and fullback Lloyd Terry, have been charged in home invasions. Four other players -- cornerback Nadir Barnwell, cornerback Ruhann Peele, safety Delon Stephenson and fullback Razohnn Gross -- face assault charges.
Although suspended from the team, Leonte Carroo is still a student at the university, according to a university spokesman.
"We want to get Leonte cleared ASAP so he can get back on the team," said Peter Gilbreth, another of Carroo's attorneys.
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