Adrian Fedkiw
The Nelson Agholor sexual assault case is now in the hands of District Attorney Seth Williams, according to a report by Philadelphia Magazine.
Agholor was accused of raping a dancer at Cheerleaders Gentlemen’s Club on June 9th at around 3:00 P.M. Agholor, defensive tackle Fletcher Cox and defensive end Connor Barwin visited the club after the Eagles had wrapped up their final mandatory mini camp practice.
“The (investigative) package has been sent to the D.A.’s Office for their review,” Police Commissioner Richard Ross said via Philly Mag on Thursday night. Ross didn’t comment on the matter any further and Williams’ spokeswoman Jennifer Jones said the office wouldn’t comment on the investigation.
Agholor’s attorney, Fortunato “Fred” Perri Jr., remains adamant that his client did not commit a crime.
“We’ve been in touch with the investigators, but I can’t comment on the progress of the investigation,” Perri told Philly Mag. “It’s always difficult when something like this happens. (Agholor) has been staying close with his family and doing the best he possibly can.”
Les Bowen, Howard Eskin and Benjamin Allbright tweeted on June 10th that Agholor might’ve been set up.
Source close to situation, w/ties to Agholor, describes the situation to me as “a setup” and says he’s confident Agholor will be cleared.
— Les Bowen (@LesBowen) June 10, 2016
Obviously I have no idea what the truth is, am not in any way downplaying the significance of the allegation, etc. But source is good one.
— Les Bowen (@LesBowen) June 10, 2016
And by that I mean, someone I know who has told me the truth in the past.
— Les Bowen (@LesBowen) June 10, 2016
Latest on #eagles Nelson Agholor rape accusation is belief sexual encounter likely took place but he may have been set up by exotic dancer
— Howard Eskin (@howardeskin) June 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/AllbrightNFL/status/741345775486001152
Eliot Shorr-Parks of NJ.com later reported on June 10th that the incident was a dispute over money. We’ll continue to update this story as more information comes out.