Just a few days after the Seahawks signed pass rusher Aldon Smith, there are already complications. Smith is wanted in New Orleans on a charge of second-degree battery, Travers Mackel of WDSU tweets.
The bulletin from the sheriff’s office says Smith is wanted for an alleged battery that happened on April 17 outside the French Press Coffee House. An acquaintance of Smith’s accused the 31-year-old defender of assault, according to a police report (via NOLA.com’s Amie Just, on Twitter). A warrant went out for Smith’s arrest.
It’s an unfortunate development who just finally got back on the field last season after many years of off-field issues. The seventh overall pick of the 2011 draft by the 49ers, Smith became an instant star and racked up 19.5 sacks while picking up a first-team All-Pro nod in 2012.
Things unraveled pretty quickly after that, as Smith was hit with a series of suspensions for various substance abuse and legal issues. After not having played in a game since the 2015 season, he improbably managed to return to the NFL with the Cowboys last year.
He had five sacks and a fumble recovery touchdown in 16 games with Dallas. The Seahawks had been interested for a while, as they tried to trade for him at the trade deadline. It’s unclear if their interest is strong enough for them to put up with this latest incident. It wouldn’t be surprising if Seattle elects to cut ties and not deal with the headache. Smith will turn 32 in September.
dang really thought this guy turned the corner…
Much like the incident with Donald, why not wait for this to play out before assuming he’s already guilty.
well yeah of course but it’s concerning that he’s connected to a situation like this.
As much as I hope that it turns like Donald’s case, this is a criminal investigation and not a civil complaint. The standards and consequences are higher. That does not mean that Smith is guilty of the offense, or that he is being sought mistakenly, but it is much less likely that it’s a simple case of the plaintiff suddenly realizing that it was a mistake and dropping his case out of thin air.
Aldon Smith has something every year.
I agree with the innocent until proven guilty mantra but this guy has the kind of history that makes it much harder to look at that way, as opposed to someone like Donald who typically stays out of the headlines for this type of stuff
Correct, but hard ignore considering his track record.
As a Raiders fan, I did not agree with the fourth or fifth chance he received when they signed him.
However when he was suspended from the NFL and Reggie McKenzie lobbied that keeping Aldon away from the team and the facility was the worse punishment, he needed the structure. I kind of agreed.
In this case the NFL giveth and the NFL taketh away.
“Unfortunate” is an interesting word choice, I would have gone with “boneheaded”.
Hope it’s not true. If it is it’s a shame. Been pulling for this guy as a 49ers fan and even though he went to Dallas and Seattle, two teams I really don’t like I was still really pulling for him. Was happy to see him make that come back last season. Hopefully it’s a case of mistaken identity or something and if it isn’t it’ll be really sad because that could be his last chance. So much potential has been wasted by him over these years
Just another day in the National Felon League.
And you still follow
Have you seen the Red Sox lately? Now that they cannot cheat, they cannot win. He needs a new sport.
The Red Sox have the 2nd best record in baseball tho
it’s an unfortunate development for the person on the other end of the beating
Lolz that incident with Donald was dude gettin paid off to recant/drop the charges, straight up
People are so naive to think this is not a possibility lol
I accept that it is a possibility, but “possibility” and “certainty” are two very different things. Maybe you should treat it as the former, yourself.
proof is neat but apparently that doesnt matter…
Well except for that whole video thing where it was clearly not Donald ,which is kind of the same here as there’s video of him committing the crime and driving away in his cool little Nissan….but hey let’s not look at facts
Incident with Donald was a dude trying to get paid and then a video was released showing dudes not named Aaron Donald beating him and Donald actually trying to help him that led the dude to recant his story.
ohhhhhh myyyyy gawwwwwwwwd with this guy are you serious!? GET LOST
Recidivists gonna recidivist
Anyone else find the big surprise was the fact this happened at a coffee house? Usually it’s at their or someone’s home, a bar, a club, etc.
He is sober supposedly. It not being at a bar might save him.
Well………no drugs mentioned at least. This guys running out of chances…….
Aldon? More like Alldong!
I was not excited about this signing guy is trouble. Cut ties and move on.