In what is the most gruesome example of domestic violence allegations against any current or former NFL player this offseason, Darron Lee is now facing a first-degree murder charge after being formally indicted by a grand jury in Hamilton County, Tenn. Lee, a 2016 first-round pick of the New York Jets who also played for the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills, was indicted Wednesday in connection with the death of his girlfriend, Gabriela Carvalho Perpétuo. NFL FACING A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC THIS OFFSEASON Lee will be tried in Hamilton County Criminal Court in what is potentially a capital punishment case. Hamilton County District Attorney Coty Wamp has stated the case is eligible for a death penalty sentence, but a final decision about seeking that sentence will be made as the case proceeds. Wamp told Chattanooga's News 9 that prosecutors dismissed a separate charge of tampering with evidence against Lee. "We will focus solely on the murder of Gabriella," Wamp s...
N.C. State is investigating potential legal claims against LSU tied to men’s basketball coach Will Wade leaving for a second stint coaching the Tigers. That includes whether LSU violated a North Carolina state law. N.C. State vice chancellor and general counsel Allison B. Newhart wrote to LSU counterpart Carlton Jones last week about the matter, a development first reported by WRAL in Raleigh. The letter was later obtained by The Associated Press in a records request. According to N.C. State, it has received three email messages from LSU asking the school to "sign a release of claims" against LSU in the Wade matter. Newhart's letter from last Thursday states the school "has not agreed — and does not agree now — to release LSU from any liability" tied to Wade’s departure after one season with the Wolfpack in March. "Instead, N.C. State is investigating whether LSU improperly induced Coach Wade to breach his Employment Agreement, induced Coach Wade to termin...