Shooting suspect says NFL's 'Pacman' framed him
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AFP) — The tale of Adam "Pacman" Jones took another twist Thursday as a man charged in a triple shooting at a Las Vegas strip club said the National Football League player framed him.
Arvin Kenti Edwards, who was arrested on April 18 and charged with three counts of attempted murder, told WTVF-TV that Jones ordered the shooting outside the Minxx Gentlemen's Club that left a man paralyzed.
Edwards, 29, is being held on one million dollars bail in Yakima, Washington, while awaiting extradition to Nevada.
On the heels of that arrest, Las Vegas police charged that Jones - then with the Tennessee Titans and now with the Dallas Cowboys - paid 15,000 dollars in "extortion" money to Edwards, who allegedly had threatened the player and his family.
Edwards on Thursday said those allegations were false.
"I definitely didn't receive no 15,000 dollars," Edwards said. "I definitely didn't extort nobody out of no money."
Edwards said that instead Jones "paid somebody to shoot that club up."
Jones's agent Manny Arora declined to comment on Edwards' allegations.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell suspended Jones indefinitely in April 2007 for violating the league's personal conduct policy.
The Titans and Cowboys completed a trade this past weekend, with Tennessee sending the star cornerback to Dallas for a fourth-round draft selection this year and a conditional sixth-round pick in 2009 if Jones remains suspended.
On December 6, Jones pleaded no contest to a reduced charge in the February 19, 2007 shooting outside the Minxx, where Jones earlier had been involved in a brawl.
As part of his plea deal, Jones was sentenced to year of probation and agreed to offer testimony about the gunman.
