NFL justice took its time. A year and a half after the events, the league decided to suspend Alvin Kamara for three games. Same penalty for Chris Lammons, Colts cornerback involved in the same story.
The case in question is actually an assault on a man in Las Vegas. To avoid criminal charges and a possible prison sentence, Kamara had pleaded “no contest”, that is to say that he did not dispute the facts, but without pleading guilty.
He agreed to perform 30 hours of community service and reimburse $105,196.17 in medical expenses to the victim. He was also fined $500.
“I didn’t want to be involved in a situation where someone is badly injured or anything,” Kamara said Friday in his first appearance on the subject to the press, according to NFL.com. “Bad judgment on my part. Really a bad decision. I was completely wrong. I shamed the Saints, my family and my mother. I shamed myself, the city, and obviously the NFL. »
It took a year and a half to formulate it.
Arrested on the sidelines of the 2022 Pro Bowl, Kamara initially pleaded not guilty. Except that the video surveillance cameras had confirmed the version of the victim, that is to say that he would have been hit by Lammons, then by several people. The victim suffered an orbital floor fracture.
Kamara and Lammons will therefore be able to reunite with their respective teammates in Week 4. Their suspension will begin at the end of the preseason.
