RELATED: Tennessee DL suspended from team after arrest
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Tennessee defensive lineman Alexis Johnson got some good news regarding two charges against him.
Johnson's lawyer, Gregory Isaacs, said that the domestic assault charge would be dropped in six months under an agreement reached with the Knox County District Attorney's office.
Johnson has been suspended from the team since February when he was arrested on the two charges. However, Tennessee athletic department spokesman Ryan Robinson said Thursday there is "no status change at this moment" regarding Johnson's suspension.
University of Tennessee police say Johnson was "play fighting" with a woman in a Knoxville apartment between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. on Feb. 14, and that it escalated until he placed his hands around her throat two to three times. The woman told police that as she attempted to leave the bedroom, Johnson blocked the door.
The woman also told police she and Johnson had previously dated two times and she had had sex with him once. This woman is also one of the people suing Tennessee over the handling of sexual assault cases.
[h/t ESPN]
