DALLAS – It is shaping up to be a bad week for Johnny Football
Dallas prosecutors say they will present the family violence case against former Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel to a grand jury this week.
The Heisman Trophy winner’s agent also made good on a vow to drop him if he didn’t get help.
Oh, yeah, and he lost a big endorsement contract.
A spokeswoman for the Dallas County district attorney said the case against Manziel will be presented Thursday, with a likely decision announced Monday.
The troubled quarterback is accused of hitting his ex-girlfriend during a night out in January.
Colleen Crowley said in court records that Manziel dragged her back into a car as she was trying to escape him, then hit her so hard that she temporarily lost hearing in one ear.
Drew Rosenhaus, meanwhile, has dropped Manziel as a client a week after telling him to seek help or Rosenhaus would no longer represent him. On Tuesday, the powerful agent removed his name as Manziel’s representative.
Rosenhaus, whose clientele is among the largest in the NFL, represented Manziel for only a few weeks. Rosenhaus has been an agent for 27 years, and this is the first time he’s terminated a contract with a player.
In February, Manziel’s first agent, Erik Burkhardt, said he severed his ties with the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner so Manziel could get help.
Nike confirmed Tuesday that it no longer has an endorsement deal with Manziel.