FEBRUARY 11: Jackson “remains cooperative and willing to testify at trial, if one is necessary,” her attorneys wrote in a court notice Tuesday in Miami-Dade County (via Raimondi).
FEBRUARY 10: On Saturday, Falcons edge rusher James Pearce Jr. was arrested. He now faces five felony charges, and NFL discipline could be coming. 
NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy has confirmed (via ESPN’s Marc Raimondi) the league will review Pearce’s situation. A fine and/or suspension under the personal conduct policy will be possible as a result. The NFL has long adopted a stance of waiting for all legal matters to play out before arriving at a decision on supplemental discipline, however.
The criminal complaint from the Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office details the alleged incident which resulted in Pearce’s arrest. The 22-year-old followed Rickea Jackson in a white Lamborghini SUV after a falling out between the two, per the complaint. Pearce and Jackson (who plays for the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks) dated for roughly three years until recently, Jackson later told police.
Upon seeing Jackson’s vehicle stopped at a red light, Pearce is alleged to have exited his Lamborghini and attempted to enter Jackson’s vehicle by opening the driver’s door. It was at that point that Jackson drove away and attempted to reach the Doral Police Department. Per the complaint, Pearce then entered his vehicle and used it to strike Jackson’s multiple times to prevent her from reaching the police station. Officers attempted to intervene, and an affidavit states Pearce fled the scene by driving away.
Once Pearce crashed at an intersection while being chased, he fled on foot. Police eventually caught up to and arrested him, and Pearce was “triaged on scene” for injuries sustained during the incident. He was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center later that day. On Sunday, a $20,500 bond was posted allowing Pearce to be released from custody. Charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon along with aggravated stalking and fleeing or eluding police with lights or siren are now pending.
“We look forward to working with the State Attorney’s Office in fully investigating this case and uncovering the truth,” a statement from Pearce’s attorneys reads. “Mr. Pearce maintains his innocence and urges the public to understand that while allegations have the power to shape a narrative, that it is hardly the full, complete story. We look forward to vigorously defending our client and remain confident that he will continue contributing positively to both his team and the community he serves so well.”
Selected 26th overall during last year’s draft, Pearce enjoyed a standout rookie campaign with 10.5 sacks and played a central role in the Falcons’ improvement in the pass rush department. His contract runs through 2028.
I only caught a couple of minutes of the NFL Honors program last Thursday. Ironically, in those few minutes James Pearce’s Mother was being interviewed. She went on about how proud she was of him not only for his on field accomplishments but the type of man he had become. Oh well!
I mean, going into the draft, he not only had vague character concerns both regarding football and off field behavior, but he had a Tennessee teammate full blown calling him crazy.
You heard it here first. the NFL investigation will take years and find absolutely nothing. The NFL investigators are still trying to find out if Ray Rice did anything wrong.
“While allegations have the power to shape a narrative, that it is hardly the full, complete story.” The allegations have him committing a cluster of what, four felonies? How wrong are we supposed to think this narrative is?
He’s almost as good as the NFL at whitewashing
Theb word on the Street is that Roger Goodell put Bad Bunny in charge of the Pre-lim Report
I mean, a guy who has a bunch of people ready to disguise themselves as plants would make a great investigator.
It would be better than Magnum Pi or Chief Inspector!!!! Jacques Clouseau!!!
He could probably do wonders with a large cardboard box and an oversized mustache.
Dudes probably pissed that his girl replaced him with one of her WNBA teammates.
Jealous?
Epic burn bro…
Meanwhile, the Rams are looking forward to that extra 1st round pick!
Man, lawyers are scum.
Facts
Lol
I remember when Scottie Sheffler hit a cop with his car too 🙄.
The most absurd part of this whole thing is trying to make the public believe that an Atlanta Falcons player would get arrested in Miami before The Super Bowl.
That Falcon was the NFL man of the year to boot! Prostitution sting.
He was released on bond? Are you serious?
Agree, he seems like a real threat to his ex after that sequence of events.
Seems low to me, but he does have 6th amendment rights. I would hope (and assume) a no-contact order is tied in with it.
Because people always follow those no contact orders. They never stalk them. Those things are fantastic. ( Wastes of time)
You’d think, and hope, especially with such a high profile case. That being said, a lot of times the victim doesn’t show up, or even vouched for the defendant, and somehow you end up with D.V. arrestee who is living with the victim and somehow not violated a bond condition.
‘Murica
He’ll get great lawyers and get the Rasheed Rice treatment. Probably miss 6-8 games and the NFL protecting the shield will help make his problems diminish. Meanwhile Collin Kapernick has not played another down after kneeling during the anthem.
Colin kneeling was not what stopped him from playing. It had a small part I am sure but mostly was because he sucked. He had a good team around him that could cover his problems.
Go look up his stats and see just how much he “sucked” compared to most QBs each year. Don’t be a knob.
Or he’ll get the Richard Sherman treatment, still waiting for the NFL to address his last situation.
He hasn’t played because he wasn’t that good of a passer to begin with. Get off of it already.
The league still ignoring Diggs strangle thing though. Felt like media had muzzles on for not mentioning that ever. Pearce will probably be dragged out and a light suspension.
Agree. The NFL uses all its leverage to shut down the negative news and would probably have covered up for OJ if he’d still been playing at that time…
Incident? You are calling his vicious attack on a woman an incident? You should be ashamed.
So he ” allegedly ” used his Lamborghini to ram her car several times to keep her from getting to Police Station. After crashing his car after a Police chase he fled on foot. After that his Mom stands by him – ” My boy did nuffing wrong “
The NFL should take the money they are planning to invest in flag football and create a driving school instead.
And give them shooting lessons. Lets drop the pretenses here. Have a demolition derby pre game in the parking lot at the tailgate, And a target shoot at halftime. Give the people what they want.
That word salad from his legal team ain’t gonna help one bit nor will the body cam footage when it inevitably comes out. The dude is a certified POS.
He maintained his innocence, and theyblook forward to uncovering the truth? I’m generally the first person to say let all the facts come out but if he was ramming her car with his driving down the road, that is not only incredibly dangerous to her it put the public at risk as well. if he wasn’t guilty, why did he run? If he did this I hope he gets prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Yawn
No woman is worth that kind of trouble.
The girlfriend Rickea Jackson looks like the twin of the player who was always knocking down Caitlin Clark (Angel Reese, curiously all three were drafted in the first round of 2024 draft, Clark went first).
James Pearce should have thought his love life out better.
I planned to add that at his age Pearce should know better. Pearce is only 22. That explains a lot.
A young man must be careful not to fall in love with the wrong woman early before he learns good judgement and self-restraint.