Vols star suspended indefinitely
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🗓️ 27 August 2019
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
GoVols247’s Wes Rucker, Patrick Brown and Ryan Callahan went into Fort Rucker Studio to break down the indefinite suspension of Tennessee star sophomore cornerback Bryce Thompson, who was arrested after a dispute with his girlfriend over the weekend.
Thompson — a pivotal figure on Tennessee’s defense — was charged with misdemeanor domestic assault after the confrontation. An incident report from the Knoxville Police Department indicated there was no evidence of physical contact, but charges were made in accordance with state law because the woman felt threatened and Thompson threatened to “slap the (expletive)” out of her and said he was going to “shoot up the school.”
Property damage — specifically a small metal gate ripped out of it hinges and damaged sheetrock — also was noted in the report, and Thompson admitted he was involved in that. He told reporters he didn’t touch the woman during the confrontation, though, and multiple witnesses told officers they hadn’t seen any physical contact between the two.
The weekend’s unfortunate incident and its effect on the Vols is the main topic of this quick, breaking-news episode.
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| 0:00.0 | Alright. What's up y'all? West Rucker, Patrick Brown, Ryan Callahan coming to you from |
| 0:16.1 | Fort Rucker Studio here on a Monday afternoon bringing you a breaking news |
| 0:20.4 | podcast and we've had some really good breaking news |
| 0:22.8 | podcast recently fellas but this one is not good news is it? |
| 0:27.8 | No it is not it is Bryce Thompson Tennessee's best |
| 0:31.5 | cornerback sophomore one of the best players last season Bryce Thompson Tennessee's best cornerback, |
| 0:33.1 | sophomore, one of the best players last season. |
| 0:36.2 | Once arrested over the weekend, |
| 0:37.2 | charged with, I believe, misdemeanor domestic assault |
| 0:39.6 | and has been suspended indefinitely by Jeremy Pruitt that as of Monday morning. |
| 0:45.4 | Yeah and this is a deal where you know it's we keep talking about this the guys |
| 0:51.4 | you don't want to lose. |
| 0:53.0 | And this very clearly is one of those guys for Tennessee, |
| 0:56.4 | but as I look at this fellas, I don't see any reason, |
| 1:02.4 | I don't see any way they could do anything else. |
| 1:05.0 | When you look at this police report, I don't think you can say it's overcharged at this point because those are serious things. |
| 1:13.0 | And I think legally the proper channels |
| 1:16.4 | have got the ball rolling on this. |
| 1:19.5 | I think it might end up being less of a deal later on down the road but when you say the things |
| 1:25.7 | that he is alleged to have said on that report I don't think Tennessee had any choice |
| 1:30.7 | but to handle it this way for now. |
| 1:32.6 | Yeah, it's a tough spot for Tennessee to be in and obviously |
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