Texas head coach Chris Beard arrested for domestic assault charge

[Da Coach]

Texas head coach Chris Beard arrested for felony domestic assault charge

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/crime/2022/12/12/chris-beard-texas-basketball-coach-charged-domestic-assault/69720219007/

[tecon89]

Not good obviously. Texas clearly not the same tonight

[Da Coach]

The Chris Beard assault charge has been dismissed-

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/crime/2023/02/15/chris-beard-update-domestic-violence-charge-dismissed-texas-longhorns-basketball-coach/69908560007/

Texas already fired him after his girlfriend accused him of assaulting her and called police, which she now says she regrets doing. So does he get his head coaching job back? Probably not, but it would seem likely to lead to a lawsuit. He has 5 years left on his 7-year, $5 million/year contract that he signed in April, 2021.

[bradleyfan124]

The Chris Beard assault charge has been dismissed-

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/crime/2023/02/15/chris-beard-update-domestic-violence-charge-dismissed-texas-longhorns-basketball-coach/69908560007/

Texas already fired him after his girlfriend accused him of assaulting her and called police, which she now says she regrets doing. So does he get his head coaching job back? Probably not, but it would seem likely to lead to a lawsuit. He has 5 years left on his 7-year, $5 million/year contract that he signed in April, 2021.

Something has got to be done about these people who make accusations then recant later. The damage has already been done. Then they can walkaway?

[Tommy]

Something has got to be done about these people who make accusations then recant later. The damage has already been done. Then they can walkaway?

Agreed, our society is too fast to rush to judgment based on one person's word. You can ruin a person's life with one accusation and it doesn't need a lick of truth behind it. Just isn't the way justice should work.

[BradleyBiz]

I highly doubt that Chris Beard is completely innocent here...or that this incident is an anomoly in their relationship. The fiancee is having regret about the whole situation and the media spotlight on her, which is a natural sequence. Maybe she embellished her story. Or maybe she is reverting to behavior that domestic abuse victims often show post-incident after the dust has settled. They are the only ones who know.

At any rate, Beard will get a job elsewhere this coming March/April.

[Stryker]

I highly doubt that Chris Beard is completely innocent here...or that this incident is an anomoly in their relationship. The fiancee is having regret about the whole situation and the media spotlight on her, which is a natural sequence. Maybe she embellished her story. Or maybe she is reverting to behavior that domestic abuse victims often show post-incident after the dust has settled. They are the only ones who know.

At any rate, Beard will get a job elsewhere this coming March/April.

No two parties are ever completely innocent. However, the way things work with the justice system and corporately today is completely messed up. One person making an accusation can kill someones career, I've even seen it drive the accused to suicide in some instances, only for the accuser to recant later. This is not a just system, innocent until proven guilty is a thing for a reason. Yet our society wants to execute their form of "justice" immediately and not before the situation is discovered and all parties are vetted in a court of law. There should not be any excuses for either party in this situation, period.

[bradleyfan124]

No two parties are ever completely innocent. However, the way things work with the justice system and corporately today is completely messed up. One person making an accusation can kill someones career, I've even seen it drive the accused to suicide in some instances, only for the accuser to recant later. This is not a just system, innocent until proven guilty is a thing for a reason. Yet our society wants to execute their form of "justice" immediately and not before the situation is discovered and all parties are vetted in a court of law. There should not be any excuses for either party in this situation, period.

Let me respond to no person is completely innocent. Twice when i was in my early teens I was accused by someone that I had done something. I had not. The cops were ready to haul me away. In the one instance the real culprit finally admitted he was the one. In the second I was punished for one week. Then my parents got a phone call from the police and the punishment was lifted with no other mention of it. I made a promise to myself that if I ever again got accused of something I did not do the accuser would not walk away unaccountable

[BradleyBiz]

However, the way things work with the justice system and corporately today is completely messed up. One person making an accusation can kill someones career, I've even seen it drive the accused to suicide in some instances, only for the accuser to recant later. This is not a just system, innocent until proven guilty is a thing for a reason. Yet our society wants to execute their form of "justice" immediately and not before the situation is discovered and all parties are vetted in a court of law.

I agree. If Texas had not fired him, there would have been a very vocal uproar (especially given Austin's political leanings) that the University enables domestic abusers and Beard is getting special treatment as the head basketball coach.