Misdemeanor charges dropped against ex-Saints WR Michael Thomas - ESPN

NEW ORLEANS — Misdemeanor charges of simple battery and criminal mischief against former New Orleans Saints receiver Michael Thomas were dismissed Wednesday, according to his attorney Daniel «Becket» Becnel.

The initial charges were related to an incident that occurred in front of Thomas' residence in Kenner, Louisiana, on Nov. 10, 2023. Thomas got into a verbal altercation that night with a local contractor relating to parking issues in the neighborhood. The man accused Thomas of pushing him and throwing a brick at his car windshield.

«We had been working through an outcome like this with the Kenner prosecutor, exchanging videos and seeing if there was any evidence of their allegations,» Becnel told ESPN on Wednesday. «There was no evidence of injuries, medical bills. There was no evidence of property damage. The complainant alleged that there was video of an assault and there was no video. The prosecutor reviewed the matter, we made our case to him, and he agreed, and the matter was dismissed today.»

Thomas was taken into custody that night but released a few hours later. He made the trip with the team the following day to play the Minnesota Vikings, but injured his knee two plays into the game and eventually went on injured reserve, ending his season.

«There was no assault, there was no brick thrown… This was a dispute between a contractor and his employees, who were blocking his driveway and who were parking and walking on his grass,» Becnel said. «It came to a head one day, but there was no criminality involved. That's obvious by the lack of any type of civil suit, the lack of any type of property damage, the lack of any medical issues and the lack of any physical evidence that criminal action took place.»

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