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Top-20 recruit Jeffery Simmons of MSU apologizes after report of beating woman in video
Jeffery Simmons, a top-20 recruit who signed with Mississippi State, has apologized after it was reported that a video shows him beating a woman.
WCBI News reports the video above shows the 6-foot-2, 235-pound defensive lineman and another woman punching a woman.
Simmons apologized to "Sophia Taylor" and her family on Facebook and blamed his actions on a misguided attempt to "defend my family".
"What was I thinking? Honestly, I wasn't thinking, all I could think was this is my family and I'm supposed to defend my family," he wrote. "Many know my deceased nephews were my pride and joy, I do everything I do in honor of the life they never got the chance to live, and to listen to someone talk so terrible about them caused me to make choices, decisions and act in a manner that was out of character for me. Is that an excuse?... NO! I truly hope that you will find it in your hearts to forgive me for my actions."
MSU signee Jeffery Simmons speaks out after violent video surfaces https://t.co/RUrnFEzPw3 pic.twitter.com/B8bzt7CJ1m
— Alex McDaniel (@AlexMcDaniel) March 26, 2016
Police in Macon, Miss. have not commented on whether they are investigating the alleged incident.
