Ezekiel Elliott is having a historic rookie season for the Cowboys and has been one of the game's most productive running backs, but he could face a lengthy suspension if the NFL's current investigation finds he have violated the league's domestic abuse policy, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.
Authorities in Columbus, Ohio declined to press charges against Elliott following an incident there this summer, in which a complaint was filed against Elliott claiming five instances of domestic abuse, and the NFL's probe into the situation continues.
Multiple sources said that during the recent league meetings in Houston, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones raised the topic of the probe with Lisa Friel, a former New York prosecutor who spearheads the NFL's domestic violence investigations as a special counsel for the league. According to these sources, the interaction between Jones and Friel occurred with other league and team executives within earshot, and Friel did not respond to Jones during the interaction.
The Cowboys did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday on Jones' interaction with Friel.
If the police don’t have enough to charge someone the NFL should stay out of it. I’m not a Cowboys fan at all either. I’m sick of stuff getting leaked to TMZ and the media trying to push click-bait. The average citizen could and should file lawsuits if their employer tries to administer some form of punishment over something based on hearsay.
The lead attorney who evaluated allegations against Dallas Cowboys star Ezekiel Elliott says he believes there were a series of violent interactions between Elliott and the woman who accused him of abusing her five times in July.
But Robert S. Tobias, principal assistant city attorney in Columbus (Ohio) and director of its prosecution resources unit, says he couldn’t conclude exactly what happened between Elliott and the woman. The city attorney’s office announced last month it was not pursuing criminal charges against Elliott, citing conflicting and inconsistent information across all incidents.
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