Former Chiefs cornerback Chris Lammons, Alvin Kamara indicted in nightclub fight

A grand jury in Nevada has indicted New Orleans Saints operating again Alvin Kamara, Cincinnati Bengals newly acquired cornerback Chris Lammons and two others on two felony counts in reference to an alleged beating at a Las Vegas nightclub final February.

The Clark County grand jury handed up the indictment in Las Vegas on Wednesday on the identical two battery prices prosecutors filed final 12 months towards the NFL gamers and two different males, KLAS-TV in Las Vegas first reported Thursday.

Kamara was arrested Feb. 6, 2022, after he performed within the NFL Professional Bowl at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Police say he instructed officers he punched a person after he thought he had completed one thing to somebody in his group and was attempting to run away.

A preliminary listening to had been scheduled for March 1 in Justice Court docket in Las Vegas to find out if there was sufficient proof to certain them over for trial in district court docket on the costs — felony battery leading to substantial bodily hurt and conspiracy to commit battery.

The indictment means the case can go on to trial in district court docket with out a preliminary listening to. No trial date has been set.

Kamara’s legal professionals say the Saints’ star operating again is harmless.

“The State has averted a contested preliminary listening to by indicting Mr. Kamara,” Las Vegas legal professionals Drew Findling, David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld stated in a joint assertion emailed to The Related Press on Thursday.

“He intends to vigorously combat the allegations at trial as he was defending himself and others on the time of the incident,” they stated.

A Las Vegas lawyer who beforehand represented Lammons didn’t reply to an electronic mail looking for remark Thursday.

The NFL has not taken any motion towards Kamara or Lammons.

Lammons performed all this previous season and one playoff sport for Kansas Metropolis earlier than the Chiefs waived him final month and the Bengals claimed him Monday.

NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy stated in an announcement Thursday the league continues to “monitor all authorized developments within the matter which stays underneath evaluation of the Private Conduct Coverage.”

Police say surveillance video reveals Kamara and at the very least three different males attacked the sufferer Feb. 5 at about 6:30 a.m. They are saying it reveals Kamara punching the person, Darnell Greene Jr., repeatedly earlier than others stomped on the person whereas he was on the ground on the rooftop Drai’s Nightclub above The Cromwell Las Vegas Resort & On line casino.

Kamara initially was charged with a single depend of felony battery leading to substantial bodily hurt and launched on bond. Prosecutors amended the grievance later that month to incorporate each prices listed in Wednesday’s indictment.

Lammons and the 2 different males — Darrin Younger and Percy Harris — turned themselves in after police issued warrants for his or her arrest in mid-February 2022. In addition they have been launched on bond.

Las Vegas legal professionals who beforehand represented Younger and Harris didn’t reply to emails looking for remark Thursday.

Greene filed a civil lawsuit towards Kamara in court docket in Louisiana in October looking for $10 million in damages after it stated Greene was punched within the face and stomped on close to an elevator and was unconscious for “over two minutes.”

The lawsuit claims Kamara “intentionally used violent power towards (Greene) with the intent to inflict precise injury.”

It stated Greene’s orbital lobe was damaged, and he had extreme accidents to his shoulder, again, head, knees, face and neck.

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