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Quinton Dunbar has maintained his innocence all through the authorized course of.
It has been a wild journey for Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar who’s accused of being concerned in a theft in Miramar, Florida. Dunbar has denied any wrongdoing and there was some constructive information in his favor concerning the authorized case.
All indications are the witnesses cited within the police report have recanted their statements. NBC Sports activities Northwest’s Joe Fann reported that Dunbar might be “utterly exonerated quickly” except new proof emerges.
“With zero motive and nil proof past 5 statements which have since been recanted, the prosecution doesn’t have a lot of a case in opposition to Quinton Dunbar. Except new proof arises (like a video recording), it’s potential that the nook is totally exonerated quickly,” Fann famous on Twitter.
CBS Sports activities’ authorized skilled Amy Sprint defined that “statements which have been recanted rely for nothing” which might be excellent news for Dunbar.
“Statements which have been recanted rely for nothing. In reality, to take the phrase of people that completely modified their story would lead to NFL incriminating two probably harmless people in favor of admitted liars with NO different proof. By no means occurring,” Sprint tweeted.
Dunbar turned himself in to the authorities over the weekend however was later launched from jail on $100,000 bail, per NBC Sports activities Northwest. Dunbar has maintained his innocence because the Miramar police launched their assertion.
There Does Not Seem like a Video of the Incident in Query
After preliminary indications that there was video proof, TMZ reported that the police do not need possession of footage. The authorities are “scouring the neighborhood hoping to seek out one thing ASAP.”
“Cops are NOT in possession of video displaying Deandre Baker and Quinton Dunbar robbing folks at gunpoint at a cookout in FL … however investigators are scouring the neighborhood hoping to seek out one thing ASAP,” TMZ reported. “A number of folks concerned within the investigation had advised us they have been assured there was video from the Could 13 incident — however a spokesperson for the Broward County State Legal professional’s Workplace tells us straight-up there’s no video, ‘not that I’m conscious of.’”
Dunbar’s Legal professional Denied Playing Declare Levied Towards His Consumer
Dunbar’s lawyer Michael Grieco has been aggressive in his statements concerning the Miramar police’s claims. Along with new statements from the witnesses, Grieco advised NBC Sports activities Northwest that Dunbar has an alibi for the evening the place the police report claimed Dunbar and DeAndre Baker misplaced $70,000 by way of playing two nights previous to the alleged incident. That is vital because the playing losses has been linked to a possible motive for Dunbar and Baker.
Grieco advised NBC Sports activities Northwest on Monday night that he can account for Dunbar’s whereabouts on Monday night, and for good measure, Sunday night as properly. That provides him an alibi. As Grieco put it, the playing loss was a “fabricated motive” and “might be disproven, identical to the theft.”
“He was not with them that evening or another evening,” Grieco mentioned of Dunbar’s whereabouts within the evening’s main as much as the evening of the alleged theft.