CASTLE ROCK, Colo.—Defense attorneys for former Denver Broncos cornerback Perrish Cox sparred Friday with prosecutors over a recording of statements he made in a holding cell after detectives interviewed him about sexual assault allegations.
The content of the recording wasn’t disclosed during a hearing over what evidence could be presented at his trial, scheduled for next month.
A judge didn’t rule on a motion to suppress the recorded statements or a motion by the defense to sanction prosecutors because the defense didn’t receive a recording of the statements until last month, nine months after the statements were made.
Another hearing is scheduled for Oct. 4.
Cox is charged with sexual assault against a person who was physically helpless and sexual assault against a person who was incapable of determining the nature of the conduct. He pleaded not guilty and is free on $50,000 bail.
Cox appeared in court Friday in a white shirt, red sweater vest and red shoes with multicolor stripes. It was his first hearing since the Broncos released him on Sept. 3, saying it was because of his on-field performance and not the court case.
He didn’t speak during the hearing. His attorney, Harvey Steinberg, said after the hearing that neither he nor Cox would comment.
An arrest warrant affidavit said the alleged victim became pregnant. The affidavit claimed DNA tests indicated Cox is the father.
According to the affidavit, the woman told investigators she suspected she might have been drugged when she and friends visited Cox’s apartment in September 2010 because she could not remember most of the night.
Doctors put the date of conception around the time she was at Cox’s apartment.
She went to police on Oct. 28, the day she said she learned she was pregnant. She told investigators that she didn’t file a complaint sooner because she wasn’t sure she had been raped and didn’t want to make unfounded charges.
When police interviewed Cox on Nov. 8, he denied having sex with the accuser, the affidavit said. He refused to allow a DNA sample to be taken until after investigators obtained a court order, the document said.
