While some people may think that Chad deserved the jail time, from what I’ve seen – the general consensus is that he didn’t deserve it (and I agree). Now the Florida attorney general is speaking about it. I have a feeling he will be a free man by Monday (his next date in front of judge).
Report after the jump…
Via TMZ:
Chad Johnson did NOT deserve 30 days in jail after slapping his lawyer’s butt … so says the Attorney General of Florida who tells TMZ … Chad’s punishment doesn’t fit the crime.
We asked FL Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi how she felt about Judge Kathleen McHugh throwing the book at Chad after he tapped his lawyer’s butt in court yesterday … and here’s the answer we got:
“Although we never condone domestic violence, this event seems to question judicial temperament, not the subject matter before the court.”
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Via TMZ:
Chad Johnson patted his lawyer’s ass in court Monday as a sign of respect … so claims the tapee, attorney Adam Swickle.
Swickle filed legal docs — just obtained by TMZ — in which he pleads with the judge to reconsider her decision to throw out Chad’s plea deal and throw him in the slammer for 30 days — all because she believed the former NFLer disrespected the court with the tap.
In the legal docs, Chad’s lawyer says “Mr. Johnson has been a professional football player in the National Football League for eleven (11) years and patting another individual on the backside is viewed as a sign of respect and gratitude.”
Swickle also noted that Chad was goaded into finding some form of compliment by the judge herself, who told him to thank his lawyer.
As for the judge’s outrage that people in the court were laughing at the ass tap … Swickle says, “This is not Mr. Johnson’s fault and he should not be punished for the actions of third parties.”
