{"id":125318,"date":"2026-01-20T20:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/125318\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T20:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:10:14","slug":"vikings-wr-jordan-addison-has-trespassing-charge-dropped-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/125318\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings WR Jordan Addison has trespassing charge dropped in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Article-featuredImageImg\" alt=\"jordan-addison-vikings-2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/jordan-addison-vikings-2.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"433\" width=\"770\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>An attorney for the state of Florida dismissed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/vikings-jordan-addison-arrested-misdemeanor-trespassing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">misdemeanor trespassing charge<\/a> against <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/MIN\/minnesota-vikings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Vikings<\/a> wide receiver <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/3162290\/jordan-addison\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Addison<\/a>, Hillsborough County court records state.<\/p>\n<p>The charge stemmed from an early-morning Jan. 12 incident at Noodle Bar at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel &amp; Casino in Tampa. Security asked Addison to leave the premises several times, and he did not comply, according to the police report. Seminole County police were dispatched at 3:42 a.m. ET, and Addison, who &#8220;repeatedly had to be redirected towards the front exit&#8221; was arrested four minutes later. He was booked at 7:33 a.m. and was released from custody at 2:40 p.m. after posting bail ($500 cash bond).<\/p>\n<p>Florida state attorney Susan Lopez dismissed the charge Tuesday and directed the sheriff&#8217;s office to release the $500 bond<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are thrilled we were able to bring the truth to light quickly,&#8221; Addison&#8217;s attorney, Brian Pakett, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6986091\/2026\/01\/20\/jordan-addison-vikings-trespassing-charge-dropped\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said in a statement<\/a>. &#8220;This poor young man&#8217;s name was being dragged through the mud over frivolous allegations and absolutely zero smoke or fire. He did nothing legally wrong, and, thankfully, the state was diligent in realizing this as soon as they did.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Addison&#8217;s agent, Tim Younger, said last week he was considering filing a civil lawsuit for false arrest, a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/47672675\/state-drops-trespassing-charge-vikings-jordan-addison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ccording to ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Police arrested Addison, 23, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/vikings-jordan-addison-pleads-to-wet-reckless-offense-in-dui-case-nfl-expected-to-rule-on-wrs-discipline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">on suspicion of DUI<\/a>\u00a0in July 2024 after falling asleep at the wheel of his vehicle near Los Angeles International Airport. He\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/vikings-jordan-addison-pleads-to-wet-reckless-offense-in-dui-case-nfl-expected-to-rule-on-wrs-discipline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pleaded guilty<\/a>\u00a0to a &#8220;wet reckless&#8221; offense and received<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/vikings-jordan-addison-charged-with-two-misdemeanors-faces-at-least-a-three-game-suspension-per-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u00a0two misdemeanor<\/a>\u00a0charges. The <a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NFL<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/jordan-addison-suspended-nfl-hits-vikings-wr-with-three-game-ban-for-violating-substance-abuse-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">suspended him the first three games of the 2025 season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2023, Addison received a citation for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/vikings-first-rounder-jordan-addison-told-state-trooper-he-was-driving-140-mph-due-to-dog-emergency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u00a0speeding and reckless driving<\/a>\u00a0after Minnesota State Patrol pulled him over for driving 140 miles per hour in a 55-mph zone days before training camp opened.<\/p>\n<p>Addison, a first-round pick in the 2023\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/nfl\/draft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NFL Draft<\/a>, caught 42 passes for 610 yards and three touchdowns &#8212; all career lows &#8212; this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Images An attorney for the state of Florida dismissed the misdemeanor trespassing charge against Minnesota Vikings wide&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,62119,58831,62114,62115,12216,62118,62117,62120,119,46388,35484,53081,62116],"class_list":["post-125318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-jj-mccarthy","tag-jordan-addison","tag-jordan-addison-arrest","tag-jordan-addison-charges","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-minnesota-vikings-news","tag-minnesota-vikings-updates","tag-nfc-north","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft","tag-nfl-playoffs","tag-super-bowl-odds","tag-vikings-arrests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}