Taylor Lewan chooses settlement over trial
"Lewan, 23, was arrested shortly after midnight on Dec. 1 after allegedly hitting two men outside of the Brown Jug, a restaurant in Ann Arbor. Hours earlier, Michigan lost to Ohio State 42-41 in Lewan's final game as a Wolverine.
Lewan said he was breaking up a fight, but the alleged victims and another witness refuted that claim."
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Here's an old thread about it.
October 23rd, 2014 at 12:23 PM ^
October 23rd, 2014 at 12:24 PM ^
October 23rd, 2014 at 12:32 PM ^
Fuck Ohio State fans. I'm sure he is paying waaaaay too much for this to go away.
Really hope it's not more than like $20k.
October 23rd, 2014 at 12:34 PM ^
This is a criminal action, not civil, so he's not paying someone to drop charges. He might pay a fine and be sentenced to probation, but the alleged victims aren't getting money from this settlement. Now, if there's a separate civil suit, that's a different matter.
October 23rd, 2014 at 12:37 PM ^
After a closer reading, you are correct. Hopefully its just some community service.
October 23rd, 2014 at 12:48 PM ^
sorry, edited, covered below.
October 23rd, 2014 at 1:05 PM ^
the first time.
October 23rd, 2014 at 4:20 PM ^
Any chance that could involve playing left tackle for a few games?
October 23rd, 2014 at 12:29 PM ^
don't infer guilt from settlement.
October 23rd, 2014 at 12:41 PM ^
...it's a PLEA BARGAIN. no need to "infer" anything, in open court he'll either state on the record he is guilty or plead no contest to the charges ...which for sentencing purposes, is pleading guilty.
October 23rd, 2014 at 1:26 PM ^
Pleading no contest is the same as pleading guilty for sentencing purposes, but we still can't infer guilt from it.
October 23rd, 2014 at 2:18 PM ^
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October 23rd, 2014 at 2:51 PM ^
Maybe I misunderstand no contest. Doesn't the defendant simply concede the charges and admit that the prosecution has enough evidence to secure a conviction on the charges, while neither admitting nor denying guilt?
October 23rd, 2014 at 3:15 PM ^
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October 23rd, 2014 at 3:26 PM ^
October 23rd, 2014 at 12:30 PM ^
October 23rd, 2014 at 12:31 PM ^
This was always about the $$$
October 23rd, 2014 at 12:36 PM ^
From the article, there was one aggravated assault charge and two assault and battery charges. I wonder if he pled to a single count of A&B, or a single count of disorderly conduct or some such.
In any event, it seems like a good outcome from Lewan. Even though the victims seemed especially douchey, the evidence that came out afterward seems to indicate that Lewan was doing something other than breaking up a fight - by which I mean punching a loudmouth OSU fan and his friend.
With luck, the judge will include some anger management sessions as part of the sentence.
October 23rd, 2014 at 12:41 PM ^
current culture around the NFL forced his hand a little.
If you truly feel innocent and your attorney believes he can argue that, you don't settle.
October 23rd, 2014 at 12:47 PM ^
How intelligent were these OSU fans to be hanging out on the UM campus late at night after that game, trying to provoke people?
October 23rd, 2014 at 12:49 PM ^
....you don't have a lot of experience with OSU fans?!?
October 23rd, 2014 at 1:23 PM ^
Their mere existince is provocation enough.
October 23rd, 2014 at 2:49 PM ^
I went to High Street after an OSU victory over M. Sometimes people are just hungry and thirsty. I consider myself pretty intelligent.
October 23rd, 2014 at 12:48 PM ^
Poopy title.
October 23rd, 2014 at 1:23 PM ^
October 23rd, 2014 at 1:22 PM ^
October 23rd, 2014 at 1:23 PM ^
Damn you Lewan, with your crappy leadership and lack of toughness!
October 23rd, 2014 at 1:31 PM ^
I don't remember exactly what happened to the OSU fans, but if they got their asses kicked, I feel zero sympathy for them.
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October 23rd, 2014 at 2:21 PM ^
Agreed. Shoe on the other foot, they would show zero mercy. A Michigan fan doing the same down there would be seriously jeopardizing his existence. I used to live near the Horseshoe, I once had to follow some little shits out of a bar because I thought they were going to jump this middle-aged Penn State couple after a game against them.
October 23rd, 2014 at 2:44 PM ^
Couldn't agree more. Lewan should have taken himself out of the situation and this should never have happened, but if an OSU fan is running his mouth, alcohol is flowing at a student bar, things are going to happen.
October 23rd, 2014 at 1:54 PM ^
Is Lewan a loose cannon?
I respect his athleticism and his awesome career here at Michigan, but it feels like some day we will be reading about him facing arrest in the near future.
I dont know the particulars of this case, but there is also the story of him allegedly threatening a rape victim. I don't know if there additional incidents (I consider the Will/Tom Gholston situation to be a non-story).
October 23rd, 2014 at 4:07 PM ^
I've read some anecdotes here that kind of make him sound like a prick, obviously can't speak to the truthiness of them.
I do think it was the height of eyeball-rolling, melodramatic bitchism when State fans started calling Lewan "Grand Wizard" over the Gholston thing. If anything that reaction was racist, assuming a guy ribbing another guy over being mistakenly called "Tom" must be racially motivated, just because the latter guy happened to be black.
October 23rd, 2014 at 7:48 PM ^
The whole Lewan said something racist to provoke Gholston was invented out of whole cloth by an RCMB poster. On occasion, an RCMB regular calls posters out for repeating an obvious fabrication. "Grand Wizard" comments, though, still occur everytime Lewan's name comes up, and nobody over there bats an eye.
October 23rd, 2014 at 3:19 PM ^
that the "victim" had a BULL HORN and was USING IT to talk shit when the said incident occured. That is a pretty important factor in this. I have zero sympathy for the asshole. None.
October 23rd, 2014 at 6:00 PM ^
I would have moved back to Michigan to be on that jury. I would have voted to sentence the "victim" to fifty years in the big house (the one in Jackson, not the one in Ann Arbor).
October 23rd, 2014 at 3:25 PM ^
I wish Lewan had broke the fucker's jaw.
October 23rd, 2014 at 4:09 PM ^
The Titans did a great service to Lewan by drafting Mettenberger. /s.
The two are together all the time in Nashville which is great, since they both have had legal problems in their past. Mettenberger was already sucker punched at a bar in Nashville while Lewan was present.
October 23rd, 2014 at 7:35 PM ^
I thought Taylor obviously was dumb there, but hopefully he gets this behind him. Although, while I'm not upset an OSU fan gets beat, I wouldn't mind seeing our own "fans" get beaten up by him given what was said on here.
October 23rd, 2014 at 10:11 PM ^
What an idiot, AGAIN! Gets punked at MSU, and for his "alleged" threats against the Gibbons' victim. What a disgrace to even call him a Michigan Man.
October 24th, 2014 at 7:01 AM ^