While some of Maurice Clarett’s ex-teammates slept off the celebration of their latest Fiesta Bowl victory, the former Ohio State running back shuffled into a courtroom Tuesday in handcuffs and jail-issue clothing to face robbery charges. He posted bond and was released.
Clarett, who led the Buckeyes to the national championship in the same stadium almost exactly three years earlier, faced a judge for the first time since he was accused of robbing two people with a gun in an alley behind a downtown Columbus, Ohio, bar early Sunday.
Wearing a loose-fitting tan shirt, dark pants and sandals, Clarett did not speak and was not asked to make a plea. Clarett, 22, was released from Franklin County jail Tuesday afternoon after posting $50,000 bond, a sheriff’s deputy said.
Each of the two charges of aggravated robbery carries a possible sentence of three to 10 years, with another one to three years added to each because a gun was used.
“We are looking forward to investigating the allegations,” Clarett’s attorney, William Settina, said outside court. “That’s all I can say.”
Clarett, a third-round draft pick of the Broncos who was released in August, faces a hearing Jan. 12.
