Matthews: Unfortunate allegations but team is "trying to move forward"
By Lori Nickel of the Journal Sentinel
June 6, 2010 3:53 p.m. |(0) Comments
Linebacker Clay Matthews was clearly disappointed, but he would not be dissuaded from holding or participating in another charity event even after an incident last night tainted the weekend.
Merely hours after Matthews and five Green Bay Packers teammates were questioned by police about an sexual assault allegation in the Wisconsin Dells involving two women and Packers defensive back Brandon Underwood, Matthews and several other teammates addressed the situation after the Donald Driver charity softball game in Grand Chute.
This weekend was a fantastic weekend overall for charitable events, not only mine but Drivers game today, said Matthews. We had a great turnout not only for my tournament but today. It is only right for us to give back, given the position we are in.
Unfortunately one person kind of put himself in a situation that kind of dampened this weekend a little bit. It is unfortunate, theres no doubt about it. But everybody showed up today, trying to move forward, trying to put that behind us and wipe our hands clean.
The assault allegedly took place after a charity golf event by Matthews on Saturday. Though they were cleared by the police of wrongdoing, players Matthews, Josh Sitton, Brad Jones and Matt Flynn were among those questioned in the investigation. They all honored their engagement with Driver's event despite the publicity. The link to it bothered them a bit and no one was crazy talking about it in an event that should have been all about Drivers day.
But it had no affect on the more than 7,100 fans showed up to Fox Cities Stadium for the event that benefits Drivers Foundation.
Its unfortunate that youre portrayed in a negative way. Its unfortunate, a little aggravating. But we need to move forward and thats what we did today.