NEW YORK -- Jets receiver Brandon Marshall just wrapped up two hours of drama-filled, emotionally charged testimony Thursday at his civil trial in a federal courtroom in Manhattan.

Marshall is being sued for at least $75,000 plus punitive damages by Christin Myles, who claims Marshall punched her and gave her a black eye outside the Manhattan nightclub Marquee on March 11, 2012, when Marshall was still with the Dolphins.

Among the highlights from Marshall's testimony at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in lower Manhattan:

* Marshall had said in a January 2015 deposition that his friend, former NFL wide receiver Mike Sims-Walker, was the one who had punched Myles. "Mike was the one who hit her, and that's what I know," Marshall said under oath at the time. But under cross examination Thursday from Myles' attorney, Joshua Moskovitz, Marshall testified that it wasn't clear Sims-Walker had punched Myles. Marshall also denied striking Myles himself, or throwing a punch at her.

* More texts between Sims-Walker and Marshall were shown and explained to the jury, including the ones in which Sims-Walker offered to take the blame for Marshall. In a subsequent text, Sims-Walker seemed to indicate he was the one who had hit Myles. "I know, but trial scares me, running the risk of losing vs me taking the blame, which in actuality is the truth."

* On Tuesday, during the first day of the trial, Marshall's attorney, Harvey Steinberg, had conceded that Myles was punched that night, though his position is that it was by someone other than Marshall. But Marshall on Thursday said, "I'm not sure if that's true" when asked if Myles was punched, and later said his own lawyers had "put that in there." Sims-Walker, in his own deposition, which was read to the jury on Wednesday, denied he or Marshall hit any woman of any kind, though he did admit to pushing a woman who had "attacked" (his word) him outside on the sidewalk.

* More grainy surveillance video was shown in court on Thursday, and it provided a bit more clarity about what happened outside the club. It had been established that Myles approached Sims-Walker on the sidewalk along with another, previously unidentified woman, touching off another scrum (following a melee that happened earlier, inside the club). But it is now clear the other woman was Sims-Walker's then-girlfriend, Cheryl Lamar. It is also clear that Myles had swung at Sims-Walker first, while Marshall stood nearby. But once Myles' punch was thrown, Marshall lunged in and either pushed Sims-Walker (his claim) or punched Myles (Myles' claim). Marshall did acknowledge that the right arm that was quickly extended into someone at that point was his. The video has a slow frame rate, but it might be possible for a reasonable person to conclude Marshall threw a punch. At issue: Whether he hit Myles.

* Security video outside Marquee showed an unidentified woman--it wasn't Myles or Lamar--throwing a bottle in Marshall and Sims-Walker's direction as soon as she left the club. Moments later, after a brief scuffle, Marshall and Sims-Walker had retreated down the sidewalk, only to have Myles approach Sims-Walker and throw her punch, after which Marshall briefly jumped in and either pushed or punched. "For me, it was about safety," Marshall said. "I remember thinking if I fall, I could be dead."

* Moskovitz tried to establish that a third woman--whose identity remains unknown--who had entered the frame (to deliver a two-handed punch to someone on the ground) had in fact hit Lamar. Steinberg tried to argue the unknown woman instead struck Myles. It is admittedly difficult to tell, but Marshall testified that Lamar sustained no injuries that night.

* Marshall fought back tears as he described what happened to his wife, Michi, who was hit with a bottle when a fight first broke out inside Marquee. "All of her teeth were gone," Marshall said. "I had never heard her cry like that."

* Outside, while Marshall was tending to his injured wife, Sims-Walker--who had thrown a punch inside Marquee--was seen continuing to look inside the club, as though he were waiting for someone to exit. He also appeared to repeatedly pound his fist into his hand as he paced back and forth. Jurors learned from video shown on Wednesday that Myles' then-boyfriend had also thrown multiple punches inside the club, and that Marshall claimed the man had a glass thrown at him.

* Marshall struggled to explain why he and Sims-Walker didn't hail a cab or just leave the scene after exiting the club. They instead stood out front; Marshall claimed a bouncer had called an ambulance for his wife, and that they were waiting for their car service to pick them up. Marshall also said there was "nowhere to go" because of metal barricades set up outside the club. But the barricades were on the street, parallel to the building, not on the sidewalk proper. Myles' legal team went to great lengths to establish Marshall and his group could have walked away at any moment, but didn't.

The trial is expected to resume sometime around 2 p.m. Thursday. Myles' attorney has no more witnesses to call. Marshall's attorney may call another witness or two, including possibly Michi Marshall. After that, it will be closing arguments, and the case will go to the jury.

Because this is a civil trial, the standard of proof is the preponderance of the evidence, rather than "proved beyond reasonable doubt." In short, the burden of proof that the plaintiff must demonstrate is lower in civil court than in criminal.

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