Bradley Roby's hearing on a charge of operating a vehicle while impaired (OVI), scheduled for Friday in Columbus, Ohio, has been pushed back to Tuesday. So it may take that long to get a full understanding of the incident last Sunday morning that left the former Ohio State cornerback with a citation, and got observers speculating on how it affects his NFL draft prospects and heavily criticizing his judgment.
Roby, however, didn't want to wait that long. On Friday morning he sent a series of four tweets defending himself against published reports that he had been arrested, and that he had been legally intoxicated.
To clear a few things up that the media of course leaves out ..
— Bradley Roby (@BradRoby_1) April 25, 2014
I was not drunk pic.twitter.com/CviiPuydkp
— Bradley Roby (@BradRoby_1) April 25, 2014
I was not driving . I did not get arrested . Was not in a cell . No finger prints . No mugshot
— Bradley Roby (@BradRoby_1) April 25, 2014
I have lost any respect I had left for the media. I take ownership in my part of it. But you run a story at least put out all facts ...
— Bradley Roby (@BradRoby_1) April 25, 2014
Roby is one of the 30 players invited to New York for the May 8 NFL draft and is projected to go in the first round.
Michael Perrett, Roby's agent, issued a statement Thursday which read, in part:
"Bradley was sitting in his parked car in a parking lot when he was approached and questioned by an officer. He was fully cooperative and willingly submitted to field sobriety and breathalyzer tests. His BAC test registered a negligible .008 and after further testing at the police station, he was very quickly released on his own recognizance. There are no other charges, and we are confident that this matter will be resolved quickly and favorably for Bradley.''
The legal limit for intoxication in Ohio is .08, 10 times higher than Roby's measured blood-alcohol level.
The court appearance likely would clear up what prompted police to approach and question Roby and administer sobriety tests when he was parked and not actually operating the vehicle, and what convinced them to cite him with a BAC so far beneath the standard for intoxication.