Apr 8, 2008 9:58 pm US/Eastern
Prosecution Rests In Najeh Davenport Trial
CLEVELAND (KDKA) ―
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Najeh Davenport is expected to take the stand in his own defense.
KDKA
The prosecution rested its case in the trial of Steeler Najeh Davenport.
He's charged in connection to an alleged fight with Anita Person, a former girlfriend and the mother of his 5-year-old son, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Davenport is accused getting into a physical altercation with Person over custody of the boy.
Javonne Rankin, of New Castle, Davenport's friend, witnessed the incident and took the stand in his defense.
She told the jury how a weekend visit turned into an ugly confrontation and described the fight.
"She grabs ... the head rest and just sits on Ali, he's in the child seat behind me, and I'm just in shock so I sit back, like against the dashboard and just like in total shock that this is going on," Rankin told the court.
"And Najeh starts yelling, 'Get off my son, get off my son!' and, 'You're crazy,' just like pleading her, 'Get off her son' and Najeh's just trying like get her to move, like, 'What are you doing?' ... He stopped the car."
Davenport is expected to take the stand in his own defense on Wednesday and then the case will go to the jury for deliberations.
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