Johnny Manziel Informed Cleveland Browns About Water-Bottle Incident, Won't Face Charges

Johnny Manziel informed the Cleveland Browns about his involvement in an incident Saturday night in Irving, Texas, in which he threw a water bottle at an autograph-seeking man.

The Browns had no comment on the incident. No arrests or charges were filed.

James McLellan, a spokesman for the Irving Police Department, described what happened to the Akron Beacon Journal.

"At about 6 p.m. Saturday, McLellan said, a confrontation unfolded between an 18-year-old man and Manziel at the pool area of the Four Seasons Resort and Club. The man, who was not part of Manziel’s group of friends, had been asking Manziel for his autograph for the previous couple of hours, McLellan said. “At the point that the kid realized he wasn’t going to get an autograph, I don’t know exactly what he said, but apparently it must have been some type of trash talking,” McLellan said. “At that point, Johnny threw a water bottle at him. … Then some confrontation began to occur where one of Johnny’s friends stepped in and pushed the kid. “At about that time is when hotel security who was there and also some of our officers who were there as well at the pool area saw this occurring and stepped in and broke it up, separated the two groups.”"

McLellan said the 18-year-old did not elect to press charges over being pushed by one of Manziel’s friends. After the quarterback spoke with police, he and his friends left the scene.

"“A hard throw with a full bottle of water could certainly do some damage,” McLellan said. “But if it hit him and it didn’t cut him or cause a welt or something, then that would’ve just been a simple assault if that had happened. If the kid had wanted to press charges, then probably worse case scenario we would’ve written a citation for simple assault. But there’s no indication [Manziel] actually hit him with [the water bottle]. I don’t believe that’s the case. So no charges of any kind.”"

A full narrative of the incident clears up some previous confusion. Initial rumors, sparked by Colin Cowherd among others, had the altercation occurring at the Byron Nelson Classic. There was also some questions over the target’s relationship with Manziel.

As previously stated, this doesn’t exactly sound like the Crime of the Century. On the other hand, it’s somewhat alarming Manziel keeps finding himself in these types of situations. Ironically, the quarterback’s decision to move out of downtown Cleveland and into a suburban golf community earlier this month was seen by many as a way to stay out of trouble and focus on football.