Nu'Keese Richardson might be guilty of more bad judgment. But that appears to be all the former Tennessee wide receiver could be charged with based on the video he released last week. The clip, posted on Twitter and first reported by the website SportsByBrooks.com on Friday, shows North Carolina State defensive back Jarvis Byrd and Richardson's friend Kaalum Williams in a Florida Wal-Mart joking about stealing T-shirts and using a stream of vulgarities and derogatory language. Richardson is the cameraman and posted the video himself, but he has since denied that anything was stolen and no charges have been filed - which is important since that would likely be a violation of his probation for his part in the attempted armed robbery that led to his dismissal at UT last fall. Special counsel for the Knox County District Attorney's Office John Gill was made aware of the video on Tuesday, but that by itself isn't enough to lead to any sort of punishment for Richardson. "At any rate, there is no basis for us to take any action at this point," Gill wrote in an e-mail to the News Sentinel. There might not ever be one since Richardson told the Palm Beach Post that everything was paid for after the video was shot, but either way the incident is another example of poor decision-making for the once highly touted recruit.
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