I have to give Dalvin Cook credit; I didn’t think he would talk to the media.
He walked right up the mic and proclaimed his innocence.
“I just want everybody to know I’m the victim in this situation and the truth and the details about the situation will come out at a further time,” Cook said.
“Like I said, I don’t want to go into further details about it,” Cook said. “I know that the facts of the situation will come out and clear everything up that y’all are trying to get answers to.”
“Just seeing my business out on the social web is not ideal for me,” Cook said. “I try to walk that straight line, but bumps and bruises come through life, and it’s how you handle it. I’ve been through a lot of tough things in my life, and I’ve got my head up high, knowing that the truth will come out. I hate being a distraction to the team, but I know those guys got my back 1,000%. Just going to take this thing day by day, and I know my team’s here for me, and I’m there for them day by day.”
As far as the NFL, look no further than Deshaun Watson for your answers. 22 women are suing Watson for massage assault, but he is free to play because there are no criminal charges pending. The Texans have decided not to play him, but they are paying him to stay home.
An NFL spokesperson told ESPN that the league will review Cook’s situation under the personal conduct policy. Because the lawsuit is a civil charge, Cook will not be subjected to being placed on the commissioner’s exempt list.
According to the NFL’s personal conduct policy, a player would go on the commissioner’s exempt list when he is “formally charged with: (1) a felony offense; or (2) a crime of violence, meaning that he is accused of having used physical force or a weapon to injure or threaten a person or animal, of having engaged in a sexual assault by force or against a person who was incapable of giving consent, or having engaged in other conduct that poses a genuine danger to the safety or well-being of another person. The formal charges may be in the form of an indictment by a grand jury, the filing of charges by a prosecutor, or an arraignment in a criminal court.”
It looks like Cook will be fine for this season, and any punishment from the NFL would be handed down if he was were to settle the cases, or criminal charges were filed.
It doesn’t appear either Cook and Trimble will be filing criminal complaints as they continue to see each other for six months after the altercation at Cook’s home.
Flip the pages for Trimble threatening Cook with a gun, Trimble releases photos of her injuries and more.
