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January 16, 2008

Moss responds to battery allegations

Journal photo/ Bob Breidenbach
Patriots' wide receiver Randy Moss talks to the media today at Gillette Stadium about a restraining order filed against him.

By ROBERT LEE
Journal Sports Writer

FOXBORO -- It was reported this morning that Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss had a "temporary injuction for protection against dating violence" filed against him in Florida.

Moss today denied any wrongdoing. He called the allegations "false" and accused the accuser of trying to get more than $100,000 from him.

"For someone to make a false claim about me, I’m kind of furious,” Moss said. “It kind of hurts me deep inside for someone to do something like that because you know I’ve always said time and time again , `I’m going to stand up for what’s right.’ If I’m right, I’m right. If I’m wrong, I’m wrong, and that’s why you have your attorneys and your friends. When you’re wrong, somebody can tell you you’re wrong.

“My situation is where I felt that I did nothing wrong. It was an accident. Whatever happened, it was an accident. I wish I could sit here and tell ya’ll really what happened but there is a lawsuit or whatever coming against me. I can’t really explain or tell ya’ll what’s going on. All I want to say is, I’m going to continue to play football. I think that, last Friday this man wanted to come out with it just to try to distract the team and distract me.”

The report states that no criminal charges have been filed against him, and that a hearing is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 28.

Moss said that the accuser threatened him.

“You better do this or else! You better do this or else,” Moss said the accuser said. “Well, I thought it was bad because now you’re threatening me so I brought it to coach [Belichick] and said, `look coach I’m being threatened to do something that I have no idea of what I need to be doing.’ Well, I was advised to just focus on playing football, and then I’ll handle this once the season is over, so whenever the season is over, I plan on sitting down on really getting to the bottom of this. Right now I have a job to do.”

Moss said that he could not get into further detail about the complaint.

“I don’t want to get in trouble for anything I might say that I’m not supposed to say when it comes to an attorney and a client,” Moss said. “There are a lot of things that I want to sit here and tell you guys to prove my innocence but for the fact that there is an investigation going on, [I can’t.]”

Here's the link to the Broward County Clerk of Courts web site, and no further date is given for this case. WDBO, which first reported the story, has posted a copy of the order. -- shalise manza young

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