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Seahawks didn't talk to witnesses in Clark's domestic violence incident?

Published May. 5, 2015 11:08 a.m. ET

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The Seattle Seahawks raised some eyebrows when they selected former Michigan defensive end Frank Clark with the 63rd overall pick toward the end of the second round of the NFL Draft on Friday.

Clark was kicked off the Wolverines team Nov. 17, two days after being arrested and charged with domestic violence and assault of his then-girlfriend Diamond Hurt.

Seahawks general manager John Schneider said the team conducted a thorough investigation of the incident that allegedly took place in a hotel room and would have never drafted Clark had they believed he struck Hurt.

But, according to a Seattle Times report, the Seahawks didn't talk to two witnesses who say they saw Hurt in the hotel room half-naked and barely moving.

According to the report, Lisa Babson, 44, and Kristie Colie, 43, were in a room adjacent to Clark's room last November in Sandusky, Ohio, when they heard yelling, screaming and loud banging. Babson and Colie reportedly went to Clark's room and Babson began banging on the door until Clark opened it, which he did and then quickly slammed it in her face -- but not before the two women saw Hurt lying on the floor.

"She looked unconscious,'' Colie told the Times. "She looked like she was knocked out, and then she started to move slowly.''

In an interview with 710 ESPN on Monday, Schneider said the team had three people investigate the incident and they concluded "whether it was punching a woman or striking a woman he would not have been on our board.''

The Seattle Times obtained the police report, which corroborated women's accounts of the incident. In the report, Hurt said Clark punched her in the face and her two younger brothers said the same thing.

"The kids were saying, 'He killed my sister,' " Babson told the Times.

The women said they emailed written statements to the police the next day, but never heard back from anyone pertaining to the case until the Times contacted them.

Clark pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of persistent disorderly conduct, received a $250 fine and no further jail time beyond the two days already served and won't have a domestic-violence conviction on his record.

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