Seattle Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar is a free man after avoiding charges in connection with an armed robbery that allegedly occurred in Florida in May, but the same can not be said for New York Giants cornerback DeAndre Baker.
Earlier this week, Florida prosecutors announced they will proceed with four counts of robbery with a firearm against Baker, which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison with the maximum sentence being life in prison.
Understandably, Baker’s attorneys were not pleased with the decision.
Shocked at the decision to charge Deandre and we look forward to a full and complete trial and are very confident in complete exoneration by a jury!
— Patrick G Patel esq. (@patel_esq) August 7, 2020
Although he got to walk away as a free man (for now), Dunbar also expressed a frustration with how things played out in his first public appearance on Saturday. He also appeared to defend Baker in an Instagram post, implying that the alleged victims are simply trying to destroy lives.
After the prosecution announced that they would proceed with the charges against Baker, the second-year cornerback dropped his appeal on the NFL’s decision to place him on the commissioner’s exempt list.
At least for now, Baker remains a member of the Giants, but the situation is fluid and could change at any moment.
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