11:09am: As Blake Murphy of The Athletic explains (via Twitter), five of the seven charges against Davis were dismissed. The judge in the case technically granted an “adjournment in contemplation of dismissal” for criminal mischief and endangering the welfare of a child, which means those charges will also be dropped as long as the Raptors guard doesn’t run afoul of the law again for the next year.
10:29am: The New York District Attorney’s office has dismissed the domestic assault charges against Raptors guard Terence Davis, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link).
Those charges stemmed from an October 2020 incident at a Manhattan hotel. Davis’ girlfriend, who visited him at the hotel, alleged that he hit her multiple times after a verbal dispute, then grabbed her phone and broke it. Davis was arrested and faced counts of assault, harassment, and criminal mischief, as well as endangering the welfare of a child, as the woman’s young son was allegedly present.
While Davis won’t face any legal ramifications as a result of those allegations, the NBA and NBPA continue to conduct their own investigation into the matter, as Doug Smith of The Toronto Star tweets. Depending on the outcome of that investigation, the league could discipline the second-year guard, but that’s significantly less likely now that the charges have been dismissed.
A member of the NBA’s All-Rookie Second Team in 2019/20, Davis hasn’t played quite as regular a role for the Raptors so far this season. After appearing in all 72 regular season games as a rookie, he has been held out of six contests in 2020/21 and his minutes per game average has dipped from 16.8 to 13.3.
Still, Davis’ offensive numbers (6.5 PPG on .434/.378/.900 shooting) have been respectable, given his limited role, and the team has a slightly better net rating when he plays than when he sits. He’ll be eligible for restricted free agency at season’s end.
Domestic abuser beats charges…smdh
That would be ALLEGED domestic abuser. The charges were dismissed, so he is not legally a domestic abuser. Be careful, this is a public forum and labeling someone like that could be considered libelous. If someone really wanted to pursue the charge. Obviously, it likely would never happen, but with as many lawyers as there are in this country, I would never say never.
Lobbing that label leaves me liable for libel?
Might wanna have a liberal amount of libations if you’re labeled a libeler…
Lawyers are fine when they defend & uphold the Laws of the constitution. It’s when they cross over into legal as attorney’s for a $ that makes them the lowest form of pond-scum, criminal in America. Then they don black table cloths & deny justice for a $ in the lowest, trivial “legal” courts of the land. Enter TD & his Girlfriend, the NBA & many Attorneys…
I love how they leave out whether the girlfriend is pressing charges or not & whether a private settelement between ex-girlfriend & he occurred, possibly prompting her to then not cooperate with the prosecutor.
These incidents usually have mutiple parties of low character. If it occurred in the hotel room with no witnesses, then what standing does this court even have? An accusation is nothing without evidence. There are some mysterious knowns not being shared. Smells smelly!
Keep typing bro one day you will change the world
Thanx for the fuel, my passion will never die!