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Cook's lawyer is adamant that the claim against his client is false.
Florida State running back Dalvin Cook was charged with battery Friday after a woman claimed that five to seven Florida State football players punched her several times outside a bar. She sustained a busted lip and a scraped knee. He has been suspended from the team indefinitely.
Now Cook's attorney, the Miami-based Ricky Patel is speaking out to share his side of the story with ESPN.
"Dalvin Cook did not strike this woman," Ricky Patel, a Miami-based attorney, said. "Players were leaving the scene at the same time. But Dalvin walked away before it got out of hand."
Patel said witnesses in the case were intoxicated. He said investigators were presented three versions of what occurred and that his research indicates one alleged witness was actually not present.
"We are not interested in a plea," Patel said. "It's just not right here. It must be dropped or he must be found not guilty. If necessary we will file civil charges after these false allegations."
It sounds like this could go to trial if the charges are not dropped -- something that could conceivably stretch into the 2015 football season.
