Thursday morning served as a big day for Miami Dolphins cornerback Xavien Howard, who was scheduled for arraignment in relation to a late December domestic battery charge. The incident, which involved his fiancé and came just hours after the Dolphins successfully defeated the New England Patriots to end their season on a high note, reportedly involved Howard grabbing his fiancé and pushing her into a wall, causing a fall.
But there’s no case to be made, because Howard’s fiancé signed an affidavit of non-prosecution before telling prosecutors she didn’t want to continue the case or press charges, according to the Broward County state’s attorney’s office via Cameron Wolfe of ESPN.
But while we are seeing the door close on Howard’s legal charges, he’s certainly not out of the woods yet. Most importantly, whatever is going on in the Howard household needs to find healthier resolutions — or else run the risk of seeing further unacceptable spring up in the future. But Howard will still potentially need to answer to the NFL for his conduct in late December — there’s still a possibility that after the league investigates the facts that a suspension is handed down for Howard from Roger Goodell.
But for now, Howard can put the legal issues behind him and move forward with his rehabilitation of 2019 knee surgery and his focus on football — and a healthy home.
