Former NFL star Dez Bryant has hired a high-powered law firm after being charged with a misdemeanor in connection with a wild parking lot altercation in October.
The former Dallas Cowboys star was cited on a charge of assault by contact, which is a Class C misdemeanor in Texas. Bryant retained Levi McCathern’s law firm to represent him, a Southlake Municipal Court official told the California Post.
Bryant acknowledged knocking a phone out of a man’s hand during an argument in a parking lot that stemmed from an encounter with two men he accused of driving recklessly. The former wide receiver alleged that one of the men threatened to shoot him.
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OutKick reached out to McCathern for a statement on Bryant’s charge, but he did not immediately respond. McCathern is currently representing Los Angeles Rams star Puka Nacua in a civil case involving an allegation that Nacua bit someone.
“He go to threatening me and basically saying, um, he’ll insinuate that he’ll, you know, he’ll shoot me or whatever,” Bryant recently told OutKick.
Bryant said the man didn’t have a gun but instead began recording him on his phone.
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“I told him, you know, get the phone off me,” Bryant said. “So, what I ended up doing is I knocked the phone out of his hand.”
The Southlake Police Department responded to the scene and provided a statement to OutKick about the incident.
“On Sunday, October 25, at approximately 12:59 p.m., Southlake officers responded to a reported fight in progress in a retail parking lot in the 2200 block of FM 1709. Several callers reported that multiple individuals were involved in the altercation as well as a possible weapon. Based on that information, officers drew their firearms upon arrival as a precaution to address any potential threats and ensure the safety of everyone at the scene. Several individuals were temporarily detained as part of the investigation. No firearms were recovered at the scene,” the statement read.
“The altercation reportedly began as a traffic incident near Kimball Avenue, where one of the involved individuals, identified as 37-year-old Desmond Bryant, reported he was cut off by another motorist. Both parties subsequently entered the parking lot, where an argument ensued and the alleged assault occurred. Following the investigation, Bryant, was issued a citation for Assault by Contact, a Class C misdemeanor, and was released at the scene.”
OutKick’s Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.