Former Utah_Football player Tavion Thomas has been charged with three felonies for allegedly threatening a girlfriend with a knife, taking away her phone and car keys and telling her if she called authorities, she would be “dead before the police arrive.”
Thomas is being held without bail in the Salt Lake County jail while he faces charges in two separate cases.
Thomas’ girlfriend appeared in court Tuesday and argued for his release from jail saying he needs treatment for bipolar and borderline personality disorders. • Last month, Thomas was charged with electronic communication harassment, a class B misdemeanor, stemming from a Jan. 8 report of domestic violence involving a woman in Bluffdale.
“It is a cardinal principle of our system of Justice that every person accused of a crime is presumed to be innocent unless and until his guilt is established beyond a reasonable doubt,” the statement continued. “The presumption is not a mere formality, it is a matter of the most important substance. It is unfortunate that the State has levied these allegations and held him without bail at a time when he is at the brink of a career in the National Football League.
Thomas’ girlfriend told authorities she suggested they go to sleep and Thomas agreed. “She said she did not sleep at all because she was afraid of Thomas as he had the knife laying next to him in the bed,” court documents state. Prosecutors requested that Thomas be held without bail because Thomas “would constitute a substantial danger to the alleged victim of domestic violence if released on bail.” Prosecutors wrote they believed Thomas would be a flight risk to leave Utah if he were released on bail.
In 2021, the two-time transfer from Independence Community College and Cincinnati was an impact player for the Utes, becoming a first-team, All-Pac-12 player in his first year. In mid-September, Thomas’ aunt died days before Utah played San Diego State in the third game of the season. Thomas’ aunt helped raise him in Dayton, Ohio, but he still played that week and recorded 16 carries.
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