Jadeveon Clowney ‘maintains his innocence’ as SC cases now on jury trial list
The trespassing and failure to identify cases against Rock Hill native and NFL player Jadeveon Clowney have been put on a jury trial list as his lawyer maintains his client is innocent after a September arrest.
Rock Hill Municipal Court Judge Jane Modla continued the cases Monday afternoon at Clowney’s first scheduled court date.
Clowney, 32, a former Carolina Panthers who now plays for the Dallas Cowboys, was not in court Monday. He paid $930 in bail after his Sept. 12 arrest on the two misdemeanor charges and was released.
Clowney’s attorney is Todd Rutherford, a South Carolina Representative from Columbia. Rutherford was not in court Monday.
Reached by The Herald by phone after court, Rutherford said he has not yet seen what alleged evidence — known as discovery — Rock Hill police say they have in the case. He has filed a motion seeking those documents.
“He maintains his innocence,” Rutherford said of Clowney.
Rock Hill city prosecutor Harry Hancock told Modla in court the city does not object to a continuance.
No trial date has been set.
The Herald was the only media in court Monday.
Rock Hill officers arrested Clowney on Sept. 12 near District Three Stadium after he allegedly parked in a lot that was not open for football parking, according to a Rock Hill police incident report obtained by The Herald and Charlotte Observer. Police said Clowney refused to give police his identification.
However, the police report stated Clowney told officers his aunt lived in the apartment complex where he sought to park.
Clowney was a star at Rock Hill’s South Pointe High School and at the University of South Carolina before being selected as the No. 1 pick in the 2014 NFL Draft.
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