Apr 19, 2007 7:16 am US/Mountain
Lawyer: Broncos' Marshall's Case Will Be Resolved
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CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) ―
A false imprisonment case against Denver Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall could be resolved soon in Marshall's favor, his attorney said Wednesday.
Marshall was arrested last month after a woman who identified herself as his girlfriend said Marshall had used his vehicle to block her taxi as she tried to leave after an argument at his home in the Highlands Ranch development south of Denver.
"I think we'll have the case resolved very quickly -- in a favorable fashion," Marshall's attorney, Harvey Steinberg, said after a status conference Wednesday.
Marshall is free on a personal recognizance bond. He attended Wednesday's court conference but said nothing, sitting in the back of the courtroom while Steinberg conferred with Douglas County District Court Judge Michelle Marker.
Steinberg said a trial was scheduled for June 7. False imprisonment is a misdemeanor and carries a penalty range of three months to a year in jail.
In a police report, the woman told investigators that Marshall followed her taxi through an apartment complex then blocked its path with his burgundy-colored Charger. He jumped out, ran toward the taxi's passenger window, punching it and calling the woman names, according to the report.
Marshall denied hitting the window and told officers he was trying to get his cell phone back, the report said. He said he'd loaned it to her because her cell phone was being repaired.
The driver of the taxi reversed the car and managed to get around Marshall's vehicle, the report said.
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