Prosecution Rests In Najeh
Davenport Trial
Apr/08/08 11:56 PM Filed in:
Najeh
Davenport
CLEVELAND (KDKA) ― The
prosecution rested its case in the trial of
Steeler Najeh Davenport.
He's charged in connection to an alleged fight
with Anita Person, a former girlfriend and the mother
of his 5-year-old son, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Davenport is accused getting into a physical
altercation with Person over custody of the boy.
Javonne Rankin, of New Castle, Davenport's friend,
witnessed the incident and took the stand in his
defense.
She told the jury how a weekend visit turned into an
ugly confrontation and described the fight.
"She grabs ... the head rest and just sits on Ali, he's
in the child seat behind me, and I'm just in shock so I
sit back, like against the dashboard and just like in
total shock that this is going on," Rankin told the
court.
"And Najeh starts yelling, 'Get off my son, get off my
son!' and, 'You're crazy,' just like pleading her, 'Get
off her son' and Najeh's just trying like get her to
move, like, 'What are you doing?' ... He stopped the
car."
Davenport is expected to take the stand in his own
defense on Wednesday and then the case will go to the
jury for deliberations.
(kdka.com)