{"id":708611,"date":"2026-06-17T01:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T01:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/708611\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T01:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T01:51:08","slug":"jonathon-coopers-lawyer-has-strong-reaction-to-dropping-of-charges-against-coopers-girlfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/708611\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathon Cooper’s lawyer has strong reaction to dropping of charges against Cooper’s girlfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Broncos linebacker Jonathan Cooper was recently arrested, his girlfriend was, too. The charge of criminal mischief against his girlfriend has now been dropped<\/a>, via Mike Klis of 9News.com.<\/p>\n

Cooper\u2019s girlfriend\u2019s lawyer welcomed the news.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe should never have been charged in the first place and the decision today by the district attorney\u2019s office confirms that,\u201d attorney Ronald Gainor told Klis. \u201cThis decision really goes a long way in vindicating her and we\u2019re very happy with the court\u2019s decision today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cooper\u2019s attorney, Harvey Steinberg, had a much different reaction.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhite woman admits she was the aggressor,\u201d Steinberg told Klis. \u201cAdmits she grabbed my client\u2019s phone out his hand. Admits she went through it without his permission. Admits she threw it against the wall, damaging it. She makes allegations against my client which police don\u2019t appear to believe. Charges dismissed against white woman. Prosecution against Black man continues. Justice in America.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cooper still faces multiple charges arising from the June 4 incident: second-degree assault, third-degree assault, criminal mischief, violating a protective order, and harassment via repeated telephone calls.<\/p>\n

Cooper, a seventh-round pick in 2021 who has started 17 regular-season games for three straight seasons, was excused from the team\u2019s mandatory minicamp<\/a>. The NFL could place Cooper on paid leave when training camp opens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Broncos linebacker Jonathan Cooper was recently arrested, his girlfriend was, too. The charge of criminal mischief against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-708611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}