LAS VEGAS — A man accused of robbing and beating Raiders receiver Javon Walker told a judge Wednesday that police pressured his girlfriend to press domestic violence charges against him before he was arrested in the Walker case.
“My fiancee, she was forced by the police, because of the other matter, to go forward with these accusations,” Arfat Fadel said as he appeared by videoconference before Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Eugene Martin.
Officer Ramon Denby, a Las Vegas police spokesman, declined to comment on Fadel’s accusation because investigations were continuing in both cases. He did say Fadel had not cooperated with investigators trying to identify a second man suspected of beating Walker.
The judge also refused Fadel’s request to reduce his $13,000 bail in that case and set a preliminary hearing for July 9 on felony kidnapping, coercion and misdemeanor domestic violence battery charges. Fadel remained jailed at the Clark County Detention Center.
Fadel also faces multiple felonies, including kidnapping, robbery, battery and conspiracy, in the June 16 robbery and beating that left Walker unconscious on a side street off the Las Vegas Strip. Fadel is scheduled to make an initial appearance on those charges today in Las Vegas Justice Court.
• The Raiders signed former Nebraska quarterback Sam Keller and waived quarterback Erik Meyer. Keller was not drafted despite setting a school record last season by completing 63.1 percent of his passes for 2,422 yards and 14 touchdowns in nine games. His season ended when he suffered a shoulder injury against Texas in October.
Footnotes.
The Giants signed guard Chris Snee to a six-year, $43.5 million contract extension through 2014.
• The Chiefs signed offensive tackle Barry Richardson to a three-year contract.
• Offensive lineman Brad Butler signed a contract extension with the Bills.
The Associated Press
