The saga of Jeffery Simmons looks to continue without a resolution in sight.
The latest news from Mississippi State’s five-star signee involves his court preceding stemming from his assault of a woman, which was captured on video and posted to social media.
Simmons was due in court Tuesday, however both he and his victim asked for a continuance, as both parties are disputing restitution:
Jeffery Simmons lawyer and Sophia Taylor's (victim) lawyer both asked for and got a continuance.
— Ben Wait (@bcwait) May 10, 2016
Reason for continuance is because of dispute in restitution. Documentation was not there for Simmons' lawyer.
— Ben Wait (@bcwait) May 10, 2016
Jeffery Simmons will be back in court June 14. His lawyer was prepared for a reboot ion today but then restitution popped up.
— Ben Wait (@bcwait) May 10, 2016
Mississippi State head coach Dan Mullen has asked during last week’s SEC West Teleconference if there was any update on Simmons’ status with the team. Mullen curtly responded: “Nope.”
Immediately after the video was made public, Mullen claimed an “evaluation process” would be undertaken before a final decision on Simmons’ status was made. A follow up question for Mullen came when he was asked how the “evaluation process” was going. Mullen’s response: “Good.”
Mullen was not asked anything else about Simmons during the teleconference.
All this begs the question, if Simmons wasn’t a five-star recruit, would MSU even bother attempting to enroll a prospect with this much baggage hanging around his head?
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com
