Yesterday we reported that the Palmdale police were skeptical about Shaw’s story, today USC officials have confirmed that Shaw made the story up to hide another incident.
Via TMZ:
USC football player Josh Shaw admitted to USC officials that his story about heroically rescuing his nephew is a lie.
In a statement, USC says … “Shaw came to USC athletic department officials this afternoon (Wednesday, Aug. 27) and admitted that he had lied about how he suffered his ankle injuries over the weekend.”
“He said that the story he told of rescuing his nephew in a pool in Palmdale, Calif., was a complete fabrication. He apologized for misleading his coaches, teammates, athletic department officials and the public.”USC head football coach Steve Sarkisian also issued a statement … saying, “We are extremely disappointed in Josh. He let us all down. As I have said, nothing in his background led us to doubt him when he told us of his injuries, nor did anything after our initial vetting of his story.”
USC Suspended Shaw for the incident.
There are rumblings that Josh Shaw concocted the story to distract attention from a domestic violence incident involving his girlfriend.
But TMZ Sports spoke with Shaw’s attorney Donald Etra and he is adamant, “There is absolutely NO domestic violence.”
He adds, “The real story has nothing to do with domestic violence.”
Shaw has issued a statement through his lawyer … saying, “I injured myself in a fall. I made up a story about this fall that was untrue. I was wrong to not tell the truth. I apologize to USC for this action on my part.”
Shaw has not revealed the true reason behind the fall.
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