Johnny Manziel harassed at golf tournament; no charges filed

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IRVING, Texas— No charges were filed and Irving Police say a Saturday incident at the AT&T Byron Nelson golf tournament involving Johnny Manziel was a "bunch of nothing."

According to police, an 18-year-old autograph seeker may have badgered Manziel, a former star at Texas A&M, for a couple of hours. The result was a dust up at the pool of the Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas, site of this week's stop on the PGA Tour.

"The only criminal offense that occurred was somebody that was in Johnny's group pushed the 18 year old. It was not Johnny, that's misinformation that's out there, and (the 18 year old) didn't want to press charges," said James McLellan, public information officer for the Irving Police Department. "It was a bunch of nothing."

There were no arrests and no police report was taken.

"We put everybody in a car service and they left and went their own way," McLellan said. "In this type of situation, if nothing serious has occurred, we try to break everybody up and get them on their way.

"Johnny threw a water bottle toward this young man. It did not hit him; it hit a wall behind him. There is a quote online that said the 18-yearold said, 'Nice throw.' I think that kind of escalated things further. At that point, the friend pushed the 18 year old."

McLellan wasn't sure if the group had been on the golf course prior to the incident at the pool.

"According to Johnny, this person had been asking for about two hours for his autograph and Johnny was refusing to give him his autograph," McLellan said. "I don't know if that just escalated more and it turned into heckling on his part or harassing, but that would be logical."

Manziel, 22, was a first-round pick of the Browns in 2014.

After a tumultuous rookie campaign that saw Manziel complete 18 passes, one teammate dubbed him "a 100-percent joke." He exited a rehab facility last month. Just prior to his release, he made a stop to play golf with his family in Shreveport on Easter weekend.

Roy Lang III writes for the Shreveport Times, a Gannett company.

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