If he and his legal team played this better, he could have pleaded to the lowest charge on the sheet, and they would have dropped everything else. probably even done a deferred prosecution, means complete 40 hours of anger management, and we will drop this entirely.
Second degree harassment or whatever. No jail time He could have made a big public statement about the pressures and stress of relationships, and mental health, and that he made a very serious mistake, but that he would atone for it, by blah blah blah.
No messy public trial. No guilty verdict. Does anyone even remember when and what Cuba Gooding pleaded to? You don't take the Manhattan District Attorney's office to trial, unless your life is on the line. It's the major leagues, it's not JV, it's not the starter team. These are the best attorneys in the country.
it's all ego with these types of celebrities.