Former Marshall running back Steward Butler as entered a plea of not guilty on charges stemming from an alleged assault of a gay couple.
Here are more details from Bleacher Report:
Former Marshall football player Steward Butler reportedly entered a not guilty plea Tuesday in response to felony civil rights violations and misdemeanor battery charges after an alleged attack on a gay couple in April.
Patti Nieto of WVNS TV reports the running back’s lawyers entered the plea in court. He was previously released from jail on $25,000 bond and dismissed from the Marshall football team in May. The report includes further details about the evidence in the case:
Cell phone video shot by the victims in this case, Zackary Johnson and Casey Williams, shows the alleged attack.
Both men say Butler punched them and shouted gay-slurs at them.
The report states two men claimed Butler yelled derogatory comments in their direction after he witnessed them kissing before stopping the car and attacking them. No other information about the case was released.
Butler is scheduled to return to court July 13.
With Butler already being dismissed from the team, and there allegedly there being video of the incident in question, things aren’t looking very good for him.
I’m not going to convict the man before he has his day in court, but if you are out here assaulting gay couples for simply kissing in public, then you deserve whatever the judge throws out you.
You may not agree with it, but that never gives you the right to put your hands on someone.