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January 12, 2010

Pitt picked up a couple off-season Fulmer Cup points for Jonathan Baldwin being charged with indecent assault, harrassment and disorderly conduct. After a long and winding delay, and an eventual non-jury trial, the judge found Baldwin not-guilty on all charges.

“It should have never been there (in court), to be honest with you,” said Baldwin’s attorney Craig Lee. “The only reason it was there was because it was Jon. There was no evidence whatsoever, other than it was meant to be a playful gesture — not an insult — although Jonathan felt bad about it and wanted to apologize for it but never was presented the opportunity.”

Apparently the judge agreed about the charges.

“At best, you have a simple assault — and that’s not charged,” Judge Kevin Sasinoski said Monday, as he dismissed the charges after hearing witness testimony in Baldwin’s non-jury trial.

Clearly dumb, there was no reason to slap a girl on her rear. Especially one he did not know. The mother of the girl was still upset that Baldwin had all charges dismissed.

She should be more upset that the prosecutor’s office tried to stick to over-the-top charges.





huh. I wonder if this had anything to do with the rumors of his joining basketball never materializing. Or if those were all just unsubstantiated wishful thinking.

Comment by Ben 01.12.10 @ 8:30 pm

Ben – how would those two things be connected at all?

Comment by Reed 01.13.10 @ 4:47 am

Well, if he had to deal with a situation in court rather than get onto the basketball court…

it could just create a time conflict that may have been impossible to overcome.

Comment by Ben 01.13.10 @ 7:59 pm

Ben: I agree with Reed. I don’t have any insight on Baldwin joining our BB team—-which is a bit far fetched, even in hindsight—but I do know the court system. I successfully rep 2 Pitt FB players last yr in Pgh crim ct and unless JB would have been suspended or otherwise prohibited from practicing, there would be no court related “time conflict” to prevent his playing hoops. The (bad) court time in these unfortunate cases is limited. And with the recent win streak, we don’t have the doomsday desperation many had earlier in this season, so the Baldwin hoop rumor is history.

Comment by Bossdaws 01.15.10 @ 8:55 am

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