Dwight Howard’s baby mother Royce Reed alleges that he has abused their six-year old son Braylon. Howard initially said he was cleared in the matter but Reed insisted that an investigation is in place. Well it turns out she was right and the child abuse investigation has been sent to the Atlanta Police Department. If charges are eventually filed against Dwight, the matter would be prosecuted by the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office. There’s just one problem… the Fulton County District Attorney is Dwight Howard’s uncle.
The Cobb County PD was initially handling the investigation into allegations Dwight beat his 6-year-old son Braylon with a belt buckle.
But the CCPD tells TMZ Sports investigators now believe the alleged incident occurred in Fulton County, where Dwight’s uncle has been the head prosecutor in charge since 1997.
So, what does it mean? Paul Howard is almost certainly going to have to recuse himself from the case, which would likely mean the prosecution would be handled by the Georgia Attorney General.
If he doesn’t recuse himself you better believe Royce is going to go off for the world to hear. This all of course depends on if charges are even filed based off the ongoing investigation; and correct me if I’m wrong but doesn’t the D.A decide which cases are tried?
