The family of a Kansas Jayhawks’ women’s basketball player says Josh Jackson’s attorney tried to paid them off so they wouldn’t press vandalism charges against Jackson.
According to the girl’s father, Jackson’s lawyer told the family “money is no object, within reason” if they would let the altercation go and not press charges.
Here’s an excerpt from ESPN:
Tim Calvert, the father of Kansas sophomore McKenzie Calvert, told The Kansas City Star that Jackson’s lawyer told the family “money is no object, within reason” if they would let the altercation go.
“They wanted to pay to make it all go away,” Tim Calvert told the newspaper. “But it wouldn’t have gone away for my daughter. It would have been great for Josh, but not for McKenzie. … This was never about money for me. It was about how my daughter was treated.”
Jackson allegedly kicked McKenzie Calvert’s car, causing up to $1,000 worth of damage, outside a Lawrence, Kansas, bar on Dec. 9 after an altercation in which Calvert threw a drink at a friend of Jackson’s.
He is facing a misdemeanor charge of criminal property damage. An arraignment on the charge is scheduled for after the basketball season, on April 12.
Tim Calvert said his family was not looking for felony charges against Jackson, which he could have faced if police found he caused more than $1,000 in damage.
“When I sat in the district attorney’s office, I told him, ‘I would not want a young man to have a felony for car vandalism,'” Calvert said. “We never wanted that. We wanted accountability.”
