TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State running back Dalvin Cook was found not guilty on Monday of punching a woman who testified that he had also said he would be able to buy her in a couple of years once he went pro.
The seven-member jury delivered its verdict after a one-day trial Monday that included the testimony of the alleged victim, one of her friends and several of Cook’s teammates. Cook had been charged with misdemeanor battery.
Cook’s attorney, Joey McCall, told the jury in closing arguments that the evidence and testimony “just didn’t add up.”
But prosecutor Sarah Dugan said that what didn’t make sense is why the woman would make the story up.
Madison Geohegan testified Monday that she began arguing with a group of football players after one of them called her a whore and she replied, “If I’m a ho, your mom’s a ho.” At first Cook tried to calm the group by telling everyone to “chill out,” she said. Geohegan described him as nice at first.