Hotsauce said:

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Wow, wasn't expecting a full retraction! Things may start to get juicy if the DA still believes otherwise.

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Beard team claims there is a video of the incident. Apparently, it has not been provided to the Police. If it is exculpatory to him, can't understand why it is withheld. While prosecutors may be reluctant to proceed without the support of the alleged victim, there is physical evidence of an assault. Not sure if self-defense argument will stand up to evidence of a choke hold or bite marks.

Wait, it’s almost like Texas is trying to make this go away. Who are we kidding? Of course they are. It’s Texass.

— Short On Clever (@DrRichardTater) December 24, 2022

I think this is hysterical.

Im sorry for Coach Beard,it sounds like he will suffer.

But ESPN and by extension the Bonghorn network created this mess. We have a nation of laws and courts to handle these matters, but they took the accusation at face value and convicted him without a shred of evidence.
Their proxies even jumped in to claim it was the right decision. If you want to see the exact moment when trusted journalism became one sided propaganda, here it is., Texas Monthly, the AAS, and San Antonio's newspaper all piled on to say he deserved it.

Now they're quiet. And the same people that said Beard had problems, that all women were victims, and that she was telling the truth…

..are all quiet.

He'll be back on the wHorn bench sooner than later. Just reason 1Mil+1 why I despise UT.

If one sues he can be deposed under oath as a party to the lawsuit.And as Alf suggested the digging intensifies.

From the Chicago Suntimes article:
"The existence of a sworn statement also makes it impossible for the victim to refuse to press charges, as victims of domestic violence so often do, particularly when money is involved"

Not sure on this. Anyone. have a take?

Money or not, in Texas for criminal cases it's not the victim's ultimate decision as to whether a case will be prosecuted. The DA can elect to move forward (or not). It is basically State of Texas versus whoever has been charged if it moves forward. What happens fairly often is that plea bargaining reduces the charge to a misdemeanor in domestic dispute cases when it is a first time offender.

All parties must be careful here. If she is now retracting the charges, she is indicating that what she swore to in her affidavit is false. Thus Chris Beard's fiance could now be charged with filing a false report, which is a felony.

Now both parties can legally be charged and Chris Beard can and will still lose is his job.

Unless she really did lie

In which case there is no reason for him to lose his job

Robert Wilson said:

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Unless she really did lie

In which case there is no reason for him to lose his job

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Didn't both have marks on their persons? I thought he left bite marks, etc.

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Robert Wilson said:

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Unless she really did lie

In which case there is no reason for him to lose his job

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Didn't both have marks on their persons? I thought he left bite marks, etc.

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I have no idea what happened, nor can I sort it out amongst a bunch of half assed media reports or a one-sided statement. I trust the authorities to sort this out as I do every other home conflict involving people I don't know anything about.

I know UT, coaches, players, media and especially ESPN The Horn did everything they could to bad mouth Baylor and all the coaches to put us through the wringer. Nothing was good enough to please them. Firing CAB and running off our president and athletic director even though not a player played a down after being accused. I am looking forward to seeing what they do.

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chorne68 said:

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I know UT, coaches, players, media and especially ESPN The Horn did everything they could to bad mouth Baylor and all the coaches to put us through the wringer. Nothing was good enough to please them. Firing CAB and running off our president and athletic director even though not a player played a down after being accused. I am looking forward to seeing what they do.

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The way we reacted to that was OUR fault.

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I agree but they dog piled relentlessly.

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Robert Wilson said:

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chorne68 said:

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I know UT, coaches, players, media and especially ESPN The Horn did everything they could to bad mouth Baylor and all the coaches to put us through the wringer. Nothing was good enough to please them. Firing CAB and running off our president and athletic director even though not a player played a down after being accused. I am looking forward to seeing what they do.

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The way we reacted to that was OUR fault.

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I agree but they dog piled relentlessly.

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Agree with all that

And we bent over for them

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All parties must be careful here. If she is now retracting the charges, she is indicating that what she swore to in her affidavit is false. Thus Chris Beard's fiance could now be charged with filing a false report, which is a felony.

Now both parties can legally be charged and Chris Beard can and will still lose is his job.

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You think they fireBeard?

Yes, they will eventually have to fire Beard. When you read the affidavit and know they have pictures of his fianc's neck, the state will be forced to prosecute (from a provision in the law created specifically because women with "battered wife syndrome" are known for dropping charges after initially filing them). His fianc cannot stop this; they are simply attempting to save his image among some in the public.

Grumpy said:

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Yes, they will eventually have to fire Beard. When you read the affidavit and know they have pictures of his fianc's neck, the state will be forced to prosecute (from a provision in the law created specifically because women with "battered wife syndrome" are known for dropping charges after initially filing them). His fianc cannot stop this; they are simply attempting to save his image among some in the public.

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If it's inevitable that's he's gone they should be firing him sooner rather than later to give the look of decisive action....too late for that now I guess

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Grumpy said:

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Yes, they will eventually have to fire Beard. When you read the affidavit and know they have pictures of his fianc's neck, the state will be forced to prosecute (from a provision in the law created specifically because women with "battered wife syndrome" are known for dropping charges after initially filing them). His fianc cannot stop this; they are simply attempting to save his image among some in the public.

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If it's inevitable that's he's gone they should be firing him sooner rather than later to give the look of decisive action....too late for that now I guess

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they are playing both sides: let the truth come out by waiting and suspended without pay as a precursor to the firing. Meanwhile, they are looking at potential scenarios for all possibilities.

UTs end of it has everything to do with how the university comes out best. They aren't looking to protect Beard, the fianc or the program. The athletic department carries an enormous amount of weight at the school but at some point, the institution will override athletics.

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Grumpy said:

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Yes, they will eventually have to fire Beard. When you read the affidavit and know they have pictures of his fianc's neck, the state will be forced to prosecute (from a provision in the law created specifically because women with "battered wife syndrome" are known for dropping charges after initially filing them). His fianc cannot stop this; they are simply attempting to save his image among some in the public.

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I guess we'll see just how much swing Texas has and how the media will of course bury it and blame the "ding dong woman" for being so emotional etc etc etc

It's like being in black face. If a democrat, meh it's ok. No problem. It was so long ago. Governor, Jimmy Kimmel, Canadian prime ministers. Just be down for the struggle and all is good

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The hypocrisy of the fascists is very annoying!

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I know UT, coaches, players, media and especially ESPN The Horn did everything they could to bad mouth Baylor and all the coaches to put us through the wringer. Nothing was good enough to please them. Firing CAB and running off our president and athletic director even though not a player played a down after being accused. I am looking forward to seeing what they do.

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You know what the outcome will be. Austin, $$$$$$, sec, Liberal, Media darlings.

Where's the brandy chick stand on this?

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Where's the brandy chick stand on this?

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Who?

boognish_bear said:

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Fre3dombear said:

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Where's the brandy chick stand on this?

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Who?

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Maybe Brenda? Tracy

Well....she tweeted this about 2 weeks ago. Nothing since the fiance statement on Friday.

The second tweet in the thread is a blogpost by someone writing about what they say are examples of some past incidents of players with domestic violence issues that Beard did not handle well in their opinion.

https://t.co/KHBSWAmGHW

— Brenda Tracy (@brendatracy24) December 13, 2022

I try really hard to give people — including those who run universities of learning — the benefit of the doubt.

But the longer this goes on, the harder it is to believe they’re not just hoping to “wait it out.”https://t.co/QOeMBFkyDl

— The Ten12 Network (@Ten12Network) December 27, 2022

Agree it looks like UT is just trying to wait this out, hoping it goes away ... just like woman-face-punching is OK at OU.

I wonder if the police body cam video will get misplaced or "edited" before there's a trial.

Lol. I am?? https://t.co/VPAYSVuBBe

— Brenda Tracy (@brendatracy24) December 27, 2022

That news dump late Friday before Christmas weekend was well timed. There has been basically no follow up since other than the one Athletic article.

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Lol. I am?? https://t.co/VPAYSVuBBe

— Brenda Tracy (@brendatracy24) December 27, 2022

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That's not exactly a denial.

Beard has company

UPDATE: Dana White has apologized and his wife released the following statement:

“Nothing like this has ever happened before. Unfortunately, we were both drinking too much on New Year’s Eve and things got out of control, on both sides.”https://t.co/gzzIqSFAee

— Anti Woke One (@antiwokeone) January 3, 2023

UT announces they will now have a wrestling team. "We have our coach picked out and just hashing out the legal paperwork now."