Despite no criminal charges, Brandon Marshall could be in some serious trouble
I don't want to get into the legal debates that always cloud these issues. The NFL is not "real life" and because the players' union and the League have a collectively-bargained agreement that gives the Commissioner absolute power in dealing with off-field indiscretions, it really doesn't matter what would happen to any of us in a similar situation.
Translation? Don't make the NFL look bad, or else.
In the case of Brandon Marshall, who was arrested, booked and released on bond only to see all charges dropped, the simple fact that he was in the back of a police car to begin with is trouble. Then add the details from the incident report --
Marshall and his fiancée, Michi Nogami-Campbell, were spotted by a police officer having an "intense conversation" outside of Marshall's downtown condominium.
The argument then became physical, and both Marshall and Nogami-Campbell "engaged in a fight, kicking and punching each other," according to the report. Two different officers witnessed the fight between the couple.
Both Marshall and his fiancée declined medial treatment, were arrested and taken to the Atlanta City Jail.
Marshall and Nogami-Campbell were both booked on disorderly conduct charges early Sunday morning, released on $300 bond and appeared before a judge in the City of Atlanta courthouse Monday morning.
Not only was Marshall arrested, but the details surrounding the arrest involved "an intense conversation" with his fiancée, one that allegedly turned violent. This will surely catch the eye of the NFL, and Roger Goodell specifically, since many of Marshall's prior acts involved altercations with a woman.
While the charges being dropped would be a good sign for any of us, it does not mean Marshall is off the hook, especially considering events like this have been in Marshall's past.
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I thought he ditched the last woman because of relationship problems
and supposedly this new girl/fiance was different. Well, maybe (and I’m just speculating here) she wasn’t the problem. Maybe Brandon needs some help.
I still think he gets 4 games.
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by Darin H on Mar 2, 2009 10:50 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
Wasn’t this the woman who was supposed to change his life for the better and all that?
Yeah.
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by Silverblood on Mar 2, 2009 10:52 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
It takes a REALLY special woman
to change the course Marshall has been taking the last few years
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by Poseidon's Fist on Mar 2, 2009 4:46 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder...
Since the owners backed out of the CBA, does Goodel still have the absolute power he once had? Previously the court system wouldn’t review NFL disciplinary actions because of the CBA, but that may no longer be the case.
by SlowWhiteGuy on Mar 2, 2009 10:56 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
I can see it now...the next story regarding BMarsh
The Denver Post has learned that Brandon Marshall’s fiancee is actually Rasheeda Watley. Watley legally changed her name in 2008 to Michi Nogami-Campbell at Marshall’s request.
Obviously I’m kidding, and this is only a morbidly funny topic. But really, wouldn’t that be the icing on the cake?
by Douglas A. Lee on Mar 2, 2009 10:58 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
How come Bmarsh has to beat up every woman he gets his hands on?
didnt he go to anger managment???
I hate the MSM. saying cutler wants out is taking his statement completely out of context!
by broncoboy on Mar 2, 2009 11:01 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
These women seem to beat him around, too.
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by John Bena on Mar 2, 2009 11:04 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
good point TSG
I hate the MSM. saying cutler wants out is taking his statement completely out of context!
by broncoboy on Mar 2, 2009 11:06 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Mutual bad judgment?
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by Silverblood on Mar 2, 2009 11:09 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Weird, isn't it?
We’ve all got a decent profile of an abusive man, but I’ve never heard of a situaiton in which a guy gets into multiple two-way fights with women. It doesn’t necessarily exonerate him — not by a long shot — but it sure makes me scratch my head.
by Chibronx on Mar 2, 2009 11:10 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Sadly...
….this is a common pattern. Many people leave one abusive relationship just to enter a new one. I am seriously worried about Brandon Marshall.
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by bradley on Mar 2, 2009 11:30 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Have him start dating
serita archuletta
The Broncos Cheerleader, she lives and works in denver that outta keep his butt out of ATL and away from the STUPID girl types
"We should have kept Seattle and dumped San Diego from the Division"
Davis and Sharpe to the Hall!
by Jon Tollerud on Mar 2, 2009 12:49 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
He likes amazonians.
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by Tim Lynch on Mar 2, 2009 11:19 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
You remember
when you get beat up by an Amazonian.
It isn’t the kind of thing you forget. I once watched an amazonian beat up another, lesser, amazonian. I got sore just form watching….
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by Jeremy Bolander on Mar 2, 2009 12:44 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
"Women love to fight"
Direct quote from a female friend. It’s a myth that they are always the passive victims in these incidents.
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by bradley on Mar 2, 2009 1:03 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
At this point,
I’d be a little relieved if BMarsh announced he was gay.
I picked the wrong weekend to quit sniffing glue...
by papigrande on Mar 2, 2009 8:25 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I guess women bring out the worse in him.
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by weazel on Mar 2, 2009 8:13 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm wondering...
if McXaniels was looking to trade the wrong Pro Bowler this weekend. Seriously, if the Broncos could score a 2nd rounder for Marshall, I’d think about it. I’m tired of his BS. Usually when someone has to tell the press over and over and over “I’m a good person,” then he’s trying to convince himself more than anyone.
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by pubkeeper on Mar 2, 2009 11:04 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
I brought this up last summer
and was practically booed off the MHR. I don’t know if we can get a second round pick for him now. I still like the kid, but he does us no good suspended.
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by firstfan on Mar 2, 2009 12:45 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
we might
could get a 1st from jerry jones. he seems to like messed up recievers
"We should have kept Seattle and dumped San Diego from the Division"
Davis and Sharpe to the Hall!
by Jon Tollerud on Mar 2, 2009 12:50 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
i mentioned trading marshall
with my friends after he almost pulled that glove stunt
another case of individual aspirations over the team. modern athletes suck
by lolcopter on Mar 2, 2009 1:36 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
what are we missing here?
how can all charges be dropped but 2 police officers and 2 witnesses saw the altercation? If police saw this then they cant drop the charges…something is missing here.
by ktown on Mar 2, 2009 11:13 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
My thoughts exactly
I’m astonished that they both weren’t charged with assault and domestic violence.
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by bradley on Mar 2, 2009 11:33 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
we are missing the FACTS
you are right on the police wouldn’t legally be allowed to let the charges drop
"We should have kept Seattle and dumped San Diego from the Division"
Davis and Sharpe to the Hall!
by Jon Tollerud on Mar 2, 2009 12:50 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently we'll be drafting a WR.
It’s supposed to be a deep draft at that position – thankfully. Why, oh why, can’t his brains match his brawn?
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by Emmett Smith on Mar 2, 2009 11:16 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
Apparently, BMarsh is the problem
not his various women. BMarsh needs to be suspended for a year if only to make him realize that football can be taken from him regardless of his talent. I’d hate to lose him, but if it means I’ll never have to read another report like this from him again then so be it.
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by Tim Lynch on Mar 2, 2009 11:19 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
2009 appears to be a throw-away year anyhow. lol
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by Tim Lynch on Mar 2, 2009 11:21 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I hate TO but...
at least he can play for his team rather than being suspended…which headache is better for the orginization?
by ktown on Mar 2, 2009 11:20 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
To for BM?
hm…………………………………………
"We should have kept Seattle and dumped San Diego from the Division"
Davis and Sharpe to the Hall!
by Jon Tollerud on Mar 2, 2009 12:51 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
ugh...
I know it’s a “dog eat dog” world out there, but that’s more than a little depressing that one could get into a fisticuffs with your fiancee of less than 2 months.
=/
by tunga77 on Mar 2, 2009 11:27 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
Like I said I when I first heard he was engaged, I'm not sure I like b/c now he can't live with Jay.
Jay please clear your couch.
by ThorpeBroncosfan on Mar 2, 2009 11:27 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
Oh no ...
I hope BMarsh can get some help. This is just terrible.
by Nate Timmons on Mar 2, 2009 11:28 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm.
I recommend anger management.
I picked the wrong weekend to quit sniffing glue...
by papigrande on Mar 2, 2009 11:41 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
Here we go...
I know this is all early speculation but Marshall has had quite a bit of experience with ‘domestic issues’. Either he has a problem controlling his anger – particularly with respect to relationships – or all of the women in his life do.
Or both. Either way, this does not look good. I’d be surprised if he doesn’t end up in the commissioner’s office and after that, its anyone’s guess.
by TheMastermind on Mar 2, 2009 12:15 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
From Bill Williamson at ESPN
A slightly different versopm
According to the police report, Marshall got into a heated argument early Sunday morning at his home in Atlanta with Nogami-Campbell.
Marshall told officers that he feared for his fiance’s safety when she tried to leave his house because she’s from Orlando, Fla., and isn’t familiar with the city of Atlanta.
While police looked on, the argument escalated and Marshall and his fiance began kicking and punching each other on the sidewalk outside his home, according to the report.
I wonder how much of the kicking and punching was really flailing limbs. Disorderly conduct seems like a very weak charge for actual kicking and punching. This sounds more like something to shore up and justify getting them off the streets at 5 am by giving them a disorderly conduct charge. But I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV.
by MattR on Mar 2, 2009 2:18 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
If I had to guess it went down something like this...
they were arguing, Brandon said something outta line, and the girl threw a fit on him and he “defended” himself. I haven’t seen a pic of his fiance but unless she’s 6’2 220 if he was kicking and punching she would have been laid out and the it wouldn’t have been simply disorderly conduct.
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by TD4HOF on Mar 2, 2009 2:30 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
maybe BMarsh was not getting violent with her...maybe he was defending himself from her kicking and punching.
police tend to arrest all parties involved and sort out who is at fault later. Especially if both were yelling and disturbing the peace at 5am.
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by Tim Lynch on Mar 2, 2009 4:15 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm a little curious
why we’ll absolutely crucify Cutler for an immature reaction to a situation, but it transpires that Marshall’s been beating on a woman, again, and everyone’s reaction is pretty much, yeah whatever that’s that, yay he won’t miss any games?
I mean, I understand that she might have been beating back, but I’m a little troubled by this double standard.
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by Silverblood on Mar 2, 2009 3:45 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
no proof...the police report sounds like
the woman was beating on BMarsh and he was trying to defend himself. I can’t picture BMarsh punch or kicking a woman…he might have been flailing his arms and legs to block the blows he was receiving. He is a big dude…charges would not have been dropped if the woman had taken any serious blows. The words used are very indicative of who was doing the “punching” and “kicking”. to me at least
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by Tim Lynch on Mar 2, 2009 4:16 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Still not convinced.
Besides, this doesn’t speak very highly of who Marshall thinks of as a positive influence on him.
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by Silverblood on Mar 2, 2009 4:17 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
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by Poseidon's Fist on Mar 2, 2009 4:50 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't disagree.
I am just saying that, legally, he is innocent in this case. Disorderly Conduct translates into disturbing the peace and “pissing” off the police officer called out to the scene. Domestic Violence translates into assault, battery, pushing, shoving, choking, slapping, kicking, punching, ect ect. We need a police officer comment here for clarification. Obviously there are a myriad of reasons that could land someone a disorderly conduct charge, but for this exercise I would like to know if, in fact, a disorderly conduct charge is ever given to a towering 6’4" 230 pound person punching and kicking a woman in front of witnesses. However, is that charge given to a guy who is arguing and yelling at 5am with his fiance while having an altercation with her where he is trying to restrain her from violence against him?
The second sounds more plausible to me than the first. It all comes from what BMarsh was charged for. Any coppers out there that know the answers to my questions. Give me the most likely explanation for the disorderly conduct over a domestic violence charge, since there was obviously “punching” and “kicking” going on….
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by Tim Lynch on Mar 2, 2009 5:58 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Reminds me a Chris Rock bit
where he says “I would never hit a woman, never ever ever hit a woman. I would never never never never never hit a woman…but I’d shake the shit out of one” He can make anything sound funny.
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by TD4HOF on Mar 2, 2009 6:03 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
he hasnt made himself out to be a jackass by mouthing off in the press.
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by denver_diaspora on Mar 2, 2009 10:18 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Package deal
I wonder if Cutler and Marshall could be a package deal in a trade. Seriously, I’m with whoever said they were tired to this off field B.S. and I’m not thinking “yeah, whatever, but Yay! He won’t miss any games because the charges were dropped!”
by NDbronco on Mar 2, 2009 4:08 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
For those of you who don't remember...
Rod Smith went through a very similar period in his life when he first joined the Broncos. So if we’re worried about double standards maybe we should consider applying the same standard to BMarsh as to Rod. Let’s wait and see how this shakes out. But I doubt if he did any hitting or the charges could not have been so easily dismissed.
by SlowWhiteGuy on Mar 2, 2009 4:27 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
I'll be honest
I’m not old enough to vividly remember when Smith joined the Broncos. But I think I would remember if Smith had three publicized domestic disputes covering multiple years, a freak irresponsible injury, a prima donna attitude, over-the-top self-promoting celebrations and quite possibly two suspensions.
I’m sick of the guy.
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by Poseidon's Fist on Mar 2, 2009 4:54 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I am not willing to jump the BMarsh ship just yet....
I am about to jump the Cutler ship though………. ;-)
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by Tim Lynch on Mar 2, 2009 5:59 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
This is getting really old.
I know the chargers were dropped, however the fact that his name and the police are in the same sentence for nothing positive, annoys me.
I just hope there is no suspension coming from this.
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by weazel on Mar 2, 2009 8:11 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
the thing is
marsh is more replaceable by a mile than cutler is.
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by denver_diaspora on Mar 2, 2009 10:19 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

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