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January 17, 2008

Update: More on Moss and the TRO

Some of the details of the Randy Moss issue are coming to light, and it now appears that this is stemming from an intimate encounter gone wrong.

In police documents requesting a temporary restraining order against Moss, 35-year-old Rachelle Washington alleges that she and Moss have had an intimate relationship since 1997 -- and Moss said yesterday that he's known the woman for 11 years, so that matches up.

Attorney Joe Friedberg, who has represented Moss in the past for the infamous Meter Maid issue when he was with the Vikings, appeared on a Minnesota radio station last night and said Washington's lawyer demanded the Moss pay "not a penny less" than $500,000 to Washington for the incident.

Friedberg contends it was "consensual horseplay" and that Washington got a finger injured in the process. He further says that she had an X-ray taken on the finger at the behest of her attorney, which came back negative. Washington has not accused Moss of hitting her, and according to Friedberg, there will be no criminal charges.

Further, Friedberg said he and Moss have retained a lawyer in Florida and that Moss does not have to be present for the Jan. 28 hearing in Broward County. Friedberg said they will agree not to have further contact with Washington because Moss no longer wants to have contact with her and that they may ask for a restraining order against Washington so she cannot contact Moss.

UPDATE: Old friend (former Journal sportswriter on the Pats beat) Tom Curran has a statement from Washington's attorney on NBCSports.com.

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Posted by: Will Shepherd at January 17, 2008 3:07 PM