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Originally Posted by keg in kc
I kind of had the same kind of thought the article sort of mentioned, that maybe their digging into him convinced them he was a high character individual who made a terrible mistake, owned up to it, and that the entire thing can be turned into - not necessarily a positive but - a learning experience or example for others.
The fact that they recognize the incident, that there's no hiding of it or shying away from it, and in fact being proactive in discussing it, is to me the right approach. In the end i don't know that everybody that does something like this deserves a second chance, but maybe this guy does. All I can say for sure is that they apparently believe he does, and with the stakes and money involved if it blows up in their faces, they must be pretty sure he's not Ray Rice or Greg Hardy.
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He did plead guilty - though her testimony makes it sound even worse:
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Espinal told police in December that she and Hill had been dating since June. According to information given to Stillwater police, her age was 20 at the time of the incident and she now would be in her fifth month of pregnancy. She testified on Monday that she and Hill had sex during the evening of Dec. 11, and then “were planning on going to the movies” when he became angered by messages he saw on her phone.
Hill “threw my laptop (and) my phone into the hallway” before ordering her to leave his apartment, Espinal testified. She said she was in the hallway outside of Hill’s room, but did not leave because she wearing only a T-shirt and underwear. After she reentered the apartment, “domestic violence occurred,” she said.
In response to questions from Payne County Assistant District Attorney Lynn Hermanson, Espinal said that Hill “punched my face. ... When I tried to get up, I was put into a chokehold (for) longer than a minute.”
Espinal, who at the time of the alleged attack told police investigators that she was pregnant with Hill’s child, said Hill punched her stomach “on the left side,” and after that “grabbed my neck ... and started choking me again. ... He was pounding my head against the wall. He eventually stopped.”
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Hope the kid has learned from it. That's all you can say. Sucks that he gets a second chance after being such a despicable thug but I'm rooting for him to be hugely successful so the mom and his kid get a chance to be properly compensated for his idiocy.