Attorney expects case to 'end well' for Titans' Hunter

The attorney for Justin Hunter paints a different picture from what Virginia Beach, Va., officials have said about what happened on the night that led to the Titans wide receiver's arrest last month.

A former second-round pick entering his third season, Hunter was arrested in Virginia Beach in late July and charged with one count of felonious assault.

Officers were called to a large fight July 3 at the Sandbar Raw Bar on Atlantic Avenue, according to a news release from the Virginia Beach Police Department. A man was later admitted to a local hospital for treatment of injuries. Prosecutors have alleged that Hunter, 24, was the aggressor that night and that he repeatedly punched a man in the face.

"I can tell you I'm confident that Justin didn't do what he's been charged with and that I have significant concerns about the credibility of the accuser," attorney Toby Vick said Monday. "I think our evidence will show, and I'm not going into specific details, that maybe even the group that includes the guy bringing the charges were the aggressors."

Vick said he also believes Hunter was singled out in what he described as a tussle at the bar.

"There were a number of people involved and Justin is the only person that they identified," Vick said. "Here you have an NFL player — with what they believe to have deep pockets — identified when lots of things were going on in there. I think it's going to emerge that (Hunter and his friends) weren't even the aggressors."

Vick said there are a number of onlookers that night at the Sandbar Raw Bar who back Hunter's version of the story: "We have several witnesses who will corroborate what Justin had said. I'm confident that this is going to end well for Justin. I just am, and I've been doing this for a long time."

Vick said he's kept the NFL apprised of all the developments in the case. Hunter's preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 3.

"This is completely inconsistent with Justin's history and demeanor," Vick said. "Justin has a pristine record, maybe a traffic citation, but nothing nobody else has. He has a clean record."

Hunter spoke briefly to Nashville media last week about the incident, but shed little light on what happened.

"Right now it's in the hands of my attorney and I feel good about how the process is going," Hunter said following the Titans' first day of training camp on Friday. "Right now, I'm just focusing on football."

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