Ex-Girlfriend Accuses Brandon Marshall of Long History of Domestic Violence on OTL
ESPN’s Outside the Lines just released a rather shocking portrayal of Broncos WR Brandon Marshall. While everyone had, at one point or another, heard talk of domestic problems for the wideout, never before had there been a compendium of every instance of the law getting involved with him and his personal life.
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↵And Oh Sweet Fancy Moses, is it extensive. In a long, long timeline of misbehavior, OTL reports seven incidents of domestic violence between Marshall and his longtime girlfriend (since separated, thankfully), Rasheedah Watley. Not all ended in criminal charges; most of the time, Watley declined to do so.
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↵OTL’s report includes an interview with Watley, one with her parents, citations from police reports, and some rather frightening 911 tapes. All in all, there are 25 separate entries on Marshall’s timeline. ↵
Some are innocuous, like his being drafted by the Broncos. The vast majority are not. Here’s one, chosen at random:↵↵⇥Feb. 18, 2008: Watley told “Outside the Lines” that as part of a↵⇥Valentine’s Day present, and in an attempt to repair their↵⇥relationship, Marshall surprised her with a last-minute trip to San↵⇥Juan, Puerto Rico. While on that trip, Watley said, Marshall argued↵⇥with her about an ex-boyfriend. Watley said Marshall assaulted her at↵⇥San Juan’s Condado Plaza Hotel, hitting her in the mouth, which caused↵⇥her to bleed, and choking her on the bed. A report was filed by police↵⇥saying officers were called to the hotel to help hotel security escort↵⇥guests from the property. The report does not mention Watley, Marshall↵⇥or any details of the incident.↵↵The report itself, viewable at the website linked above, is harrowing, and Watley is moved to tears repeatedly. All in all, by our count, the sum total of separate incidents involving Marshall listed by ESPN is a full dozen, for which he has received exactly one game of suspension from the NFL. Roger Goodell can’t let the season begin without adding to that number substantially.
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