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| 1st June, 2006 - 8:48 am |  Sportsline - Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor reached an agreement with prosecutors allowing him to plead no contest to a misdemeanor in the assault case against him, avoiding any jail time and the possibility of missing any of the upcoming
The deal calls for Taylor to be placed on 18 months' probation, give speeches about the importance of staying in school at 10 Miami-Dade County schools and make contributions of $1,000 for scholarships to each of those schools, according to attorneys familiar with the case. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because the deal had not been finalized Wednesday. A hearing was scheduled for Thursday.
Taylor, 23, had faced a maximum of 46 years in prison if convicted on three aggravated assault charges and one misdemeanor charge stemming from a confrontation last June with a group of people in a dispute over all-terrain vehicles that Taylor owns. The trial was scheduled to start July 10. [READ] |
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