SmashMouth

Former New Orleans Saints receiver Michael Thomas will enter a pretrial diversion program instead of facing trial on two misdemeanor charges, according to the Kenner City attorney's office.

Thomas' attorney, Daniel "Becket" Becnel, said the charges of simple battery and criminal mischief had been dismissed following a hearing Wednesday, but a spokesperson for the city attorney's office said that was not the case. Instead, Thomas must satisfy the requirements of the six-month pretrial diversion program for the case to be closed.

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AsylumGuido

From the article:

"There was no assault, there was no brick thrown. ... This was a dispute between a contractor and his employees, who were blocking his driveway and who were parking and walking on his grass," Becnel said. "It came to a head one day, but there was no criminality involved. That's obvious by the lack of any type of civil suit, the lack of any type of property damage, the lack of any medical issues and the lack of any physical evidence that criminal action took place."

Basically, with pre-trial diversion the whole record of the event can eventually be expunged from the person's record. Per usual, blown out of proportion by bloggers and misinformed fans alike.

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papz

I don't even care to see this name on our board anymore.