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Levi Jones is still considering legal options for the brawl with Joey Porter
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Check out surveillance video of the Joey Porter and Levi Jones brawl at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas.
Check out surveillance video of the Joey Porter and Levi Jones brawl at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas.
This off-season Dolphins Pro Bowl linebacker Joey Porter actually fought arch-rival Levi Jones, the Bengals right tackle, at a Las Vegas casino. At the time several reports were written, many conflicting, and as a result the details of the actual assault were cloudy.
Until now.
FOX Sports has exclusively obtained the video surveillance tape from the March 19 brawl at The Palms casino. The video is disturbing and paints an obvious picture of the events of that night — a brutal group attack on an NFL player.
The tape reveals Jones sitting at a blackjack table in The Palms when Porter and a group of men approached from behind and surrounded the Bengals lineman. Jones then stood up from the table and it appeared as if he and Porter traded words before the two began exchanging full-on haymaker punches. While Porter and Jones scuffled, the others in the group began attacking Jones from behind with several punches landing to the back of his head.
This was not a one-on-one fight between the NFL rivals — as was first reported — but rather a brutal group attack. The fight then shifts from the blackjack table toward a roulette table when Jones is tackled and struck by members of the group while Porter stands over the pile as Jones was held down.
Finally, Jones gets the group off of him and goes back after his assailants as they scatter. When Jones tries to get at one of the people who attacked him, Porter throws another blindside punch as Jones moves out of view.
The tape is alarming, considering it happened smack in the middle of a casino. Plus, while violence reigns on the field in the NFL, it's extremely rare to have players actually brawl away from work.
When reached Saturday night, Porter said he had no comment and believed the matter was done.
However, that does not seem to be the case with Jones and his people. When contacted about the tape and asked if he will pursue a lawsuit, Jones said, "You say you saw the tape, it speaks for itself."
His agent Kenny Zuckerman told FOX Sports, "Levi has retained a Las Vegas attorney right after the fight but we just recently obtained the tape. He is now weighing his legal options."
Despite having no visual evidence, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell tagged Porter with a stiff penalty when he stripped him of three weeks' worth of pay. A league spokesman said despite the emergence of the tape there will not be further punishment.
At the time of the incident, a Las Vegas police officer was quoted in a wire report stating the two fought in the valet area and made it out as if it was a one-on-one fight. Some reports said Porter won, others claimed it was Jones. The truth, according to the video, was that it was never a one-on-one battle.
Source: Fox Sports News
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