LSU's lawyers said it should have been nothing...about case

Jefferson’s new lawyer, Lewis Unglesby, claims the accusations against his client are a result of his stature in the LSU and college football world — based on “laziness” rather than actual facts.

“It should have been nothing,” Unglesby told the New Orleans Times Picayune. “If you’re going to charge people, you give a whole bunch of people misdemeanor summons and you figure it out later. That’s what they would have done if his name was Jordan Jones. This is all about his status.

“The whole thing is ridiculous. I can’t say it loud enough, hard enough, mean enough, straight enough. There are fistfights at college bars every week. Dozens. I know every lawyer in Baton Rouge and no one has ever represented anybody who got into a fight in a bar charged with second-degree battery.”

Unglesby also offered written testimonies that his clients weren’t involved in the fight:

“Unglesby provided The Associated Press on Wednesday with a signed, written statement from Shady’s employee Sean Berrigan, who said there was no fighting amid the crowd outside the bar until Lowery threw the first punch at another man who had asked him to leave the area.

“Berrigan also stated he never saw Jefferson hit or kick anyone. His statement matched what another employee, Jordan Neldare, told the AP in an interview last week. However, like Neldare, Berrigan also said he did not see the entirety of the fight.”