The protective order filed against Laremy Tunsil by his stepfather, Lindsey Miller, was dismissed in court on Friday. Miller filed the order after an altercation between him and Tunsil at the home of Tunsil's mother, Desiree Tunsil.
Tunsil was arrested in late June after punching Miller. According to Tunsil, he punched Miller to defend his mother, as he says Miller shoved his mom. Miller's version of the events is different, as he claims Tunsil attacked him and also made claims about "riding around with football agents."
Both men gave conflicting accounts of what happened in court on Friday, according to RebelGrove.com.
Miller represented himself in court, and he claimed that after telling Tunsil's mother that he was "sick and tired" of Tunsil "riding around with agents and taking things." He told her it was stupid, and then Miller claims Desiree Tunsil went outside and told Laremy that he had called her stupid. This prompted Laremy Tunsil to push Miller and then get on top of Miller and hit him repeatedly.
"I was almost blacking out," Miller told the court, but Miller refused medical attention at the scene and did not go to the hospital because his two sons from a previous marriage were terrified.
According to Tunsil, he was at his mother's house to take her to dinner with a prospective agent. Players are allowed to meet with agents per NCAA rules, just as long as they don't receive any benefits or come to any agreements. Tunsil says as he approached the door he saw Miller shove his mother into a chair. He then told his mother "we don't need [Miller]." Tunsil then said that Miller "pursued me, poked me three times in the chest and told me to 'tell your mom to get her things and get out.'"
Tunsil then said that both men threw punches and ended up on the ground before they were separated.
Tunsil's attorney, Steve Farese, then made the case that Miller has shown "a pattern of behavior" showing Miller wants "something out of the deal," and that he was upset he wasn't involved in the dinner with the agent. Farese also called Miller "a scam artist."
In his closing statement Miller said there's been a cover-up since the start to protect Tunsil, and that if Tunsil weren't an NFL prospect "we wouldn't be here."
Both men are due back in court on Aug. 3 for arraignment on the domestic violence charges filed against one another.
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