The Thursday arrest of Mississippi State OL Elgton Jenkins on a simple assault warrant was related to a February 25 incident, per the lawyer for a Mississippi State student.
Robert Wilkins told SB Nation that his client, James Meyers, says he was assaulted by MSU players Grant Harris and Brandon Bryant in a snowball fight, but while Jenkins was present, Meyers hasn't accused him of wrongdoing.
"We were told Jenkins was arrested in connection with the assault on my client. If there is an affidavit against Jenkins, you’d have to ask the prosecutor and the Mississippi State Police Department. My client signed an affidavit against Grant Harris and Brandon Bryant," Wilkins said to SB Nation.
SB Nation has obtained two affidavits sworn out in Oktibbeha County Justice Court on March 2 and March 4 and signed by judge Georgia Alexander. Meyers identifies Bryant and Harris as his assailants. The affidavit against Harris is for felony assault, as Meyers claims Harris punched him in the face, causing a broken nose, broken teeth and a contusion to the right eye. Bryant is listed as causing bodily injury by striking Meyers in the face with a snowball.
Mississippi State released a statement in response to Wilkins' comments, saying Wilkins' comments failed to accurately portray the actions of the university. Wilkins said it was "highly unusual" that affadavits would be sworn and not served without arrests while a third party was arrested.
While Mississippi State University normally does not comment on legal matters, a post today on the website SB Nation merits a response.
The post, which contains factual errors that call into question the credibility of the overall post, in great measure represents only the claims and assertions of the personal injury attorney and fails on a number of levels to accurately portray the actions of the university, the MSU Police Department, the MSU Athletics Department and our students.
At this point, there exists significant confusion as to the actual facts of this incident. The university will continue to interact appropriately with law enforcement and the judicial system as these facts are sorted out in a manner that protects the rights of all MSU students.
On March 4, 2015, MSU received notification of a potential civil legal claim from a Jackson personal injury lawyer regarding activities subsequent to an apparent snowball fight among MSU students on the evening of Feb. 25, 2015.
MSU, our university police, our Athletics Department and all others in a position of authority have fully cooperated in this ongoing investigation and will continue to do so. Claims to the contrary simply are not accurate.
The university will not be drawn into a scenario of litigating this matter in the press or online and will have no additional comment on this matter at this time.
No details were offered on Jenkins' arrest by the Oktibbeha County Jail. After news of the arrest was made public, MSU coach Dan Mullen issued a statement saying "Any time an accusation is made against one of our student-athletes, we investigate fully and not jump to any conclusions."
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