Up to date Aug. 5: Josh Sills was discovered not responsible of rape and kidnapping fees. The lineman was additionally faraway from the commissioner’s exempt listing.
“I’ve achieved nothing fallacious, and am glad that was confirmed as we speak,” Sills stated.
The Eagles launched a press release:
“We’re conscious that the authorized matter involving Josh Sills has been adjudicated and he was discovered not responsible. The group has monitored the scenario. The NFL has eliminated him from the Commissioner’s Exempt Record and he’ll return to the group’s energetic roster.”
Philadelphia Eagles offensive lineman Josh Sills, 25, has been indicted on kidnapping and rape fees by an Ohio grand jury lower than two weeks earlier than his group is ready to play within the Tremendous Bowl, in accordance with Ohio Legal professional Basic Dave Yost and Guernsey County Sheriff Jeffrey D. Paden.
[Update]: In response to a Guernsey County Sheriff’s Workplace Incident Report obtained by Deadspin, the sufferer informed police that she had recognized Josh Sills for 7-8 years and went to highschool with him. On Dec. 5, 2019, the sufferer said Sills dropped her and her cousin off on the cousin’s home. When the cousin acquired out of the automobile, Sills grabbed the sufferer by the arm and pulled her again into the truck. The sufferer alleged that Sills grabbed her by her ponytail and tried to kiss her, although she stored telling him to cease and he continued. One other automobile pulled up behind the truck the sufferer and Sills have been in, and when Sills noticed the lights, he grabbed the sufferer by the neck and threw her down on the seat, climbing on high of her so nobody may see them contained in the truck.
The sufferer additional informed police that, as soon as the pal within the different automobile went inside her cousins’ house, Sills tried to take off her pants, unbuttoning them and, “touching me down there.” The sufferer alleges she stored telling Sills to cease, to depart her alone, and let her go inside. When she was lastly in a position to get Sills off of her, he allegedly grabbed her by the neck and pulled her on high of him when he sat up. In response to the sufferer, Sills stated “she was doing this and was not leaving till she did this.” Sills then allegedly took his pants off and shoved her face down on him. The sufferer informed police that, for about 20 minutes the male grabbed her by the hair and compelled her head up and down till “he did his factor.” The sufferer informed police she “spit it again on him and requested him to please let her go,” however Sills tried to kiss her once more and requested her “Will you speak to me once more after his?” When the sufferer assured Sills she would, he allegedly stated, “OK, that’s tremendous.” The sufferer stated she then acquired out of the automobile and bumped into the home.
In response to the officer who wrote the incident report, the sufferer was given a CT scan by an area hospital to verify for strangulation accidents, as she said repeatedly that Sills stored grabbing her by the top and neck. The nurse treating the sufferer informed police that she found bruising at the back of the sufferer’s throat in addition to her interior lip and behind her proper ear.
Sills has not been convicted of the fees in opposition to him. Deadspin reached out to Sills, the Eagles, and the NFL for remark. The Eagles supplied the next assertion:
“The group is conscious of the authorized matter involving Josh Sills. Now we have been in communication with the league workplace and are within the strategy of gathering extra data. Now we have no additional remark right now.”
We are going to replace this piece if we hear again from Sills, his representatives, or the NFL.
To this point, the NFL has not made a press release on Sills’ eligibility for the Tremendous Bowl LVII in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs or whether or not an NFL investigation into the allegations in opposition to Sills is underway or forthcoming. Lately, the NFL has tried to fight allegations of home abuse and sexual violence by gamers by educating them concerning the dynamics of abuse by means of its closely criticized “No Extra” marketing campaign.
Replace: The NFL stated Sills was positioned on the Commissioner Exempt listing. Whereas on the listing, the OL can’t take part in follow, or video games — which might imply the Tremendous Bowl — or journey with the Eagles.
Sills is ready to seem in court docket on Feb. 16. Sills, an undrafted free agent, solely appeared in a single sport for the Eagles this season.
