In the most embarrassing thing to happen to the Jets this offseason since owner Woody Johnson joined the Trump administration as their ambassador to the United Kingdom, cornerback Darrelle Revis has been accused of knocking out two Pittsburgh men after an altercation on the street.
Multiple outlets have reported that Revis was charged with aggravated assault, robbery, conspiracy and terroristic threats by Pittsburgh police after a late-night encounter with at least two men in Pittsburgh's South Side. The Daily News, rudely calling the admittedly slowed-down Revis "a fading cornerback," reports that the confrontation started when a 22-year-old man recorded himself talking to Revis, and then following him around while still recording the encounter on his phone.
Revis allegedly grabbed the man's phone and tried to delete this video, and the 22-year-old and another man, a 21-year-old, tried to get the phone back. What happened next is unclear, but police found the men unconscious on the street, and they allege Revis knocked them out.
Revis's attorney, Blaine Jones, told Pittsburgh's WTAE that Revis did not knock the two men out, and that "he tried to retreat" and "de-escalate the situation." If any punches were in fact thrown by Revis, his attorney says they were thrown in self-defense. Jones also told ESPN that Revis was approached by five men, and that he thought he was being robbed.
While Revis isn't in custody at the moment, his lawyer told the News the cornerback will turn himself in soon. Should Revis stand trial for the incident, my advice is that he ask for a change of venue, since the Jets are winless in their last three trips to the Steel City.
