Georgia WR Colbie Young gets probation, fine in assault case - ESPN

Georgia wide receiver Colbie Young pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct on Wednesday in a criminal case related to his arrest on Oct. 8, in which a woman accused him of assaulting her and her unborn child, before later recanting her statement to police.

The player's attorney, Kim Stephens, told ESPN on Wednesday that Young will serve 12 months' probation, pay a $500 fine and attend a family violence intervention program.

Prosecutors dropped misdemeanor charges of battery and assault on an unborn child, according to Stephens.

«I think it should have been dismissed, but I don't think they were being unreasonable at all,» Stephens said of prosecutors. «I think in the whole scheme of things, a disorderly conduct charge and a resolution that allows us to enter a no-contest plea and restrict and seal the record because it's a first-offender plea allows Colbie to move on with the rest of his life. That's certainly a good result.»

Young didn't play in a game for the Bulldogs last season after his arrest. He was allowed to return to practice by the university's Equal Opportunity Office on Nov. 26, but didn't appear in games because of his pending legal case.

A trial was scheduled June 2.

It wasn't immediately clear how Young's resolution of his criminal charges would affect his ability to return to the football team in 2025. A Georgia spokesman declined comment when reached by ESPN on Wednesday

The woman involved in an altercation that led to Young's arrest and suspension retracted her statement to police and requested that charges against him be dropped, according to an affidavit provided to ESPN by Stephens.

According to an Athens-Clarke County Police incident report obtained by ESPN, a 20-year-old