{"id":168407,"date":"2025-06-29T18:22:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T18:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/168407\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T18:22:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T18:22:18","slug":"49ers-news-attorney-says-deommodore-lenoir-arrest-not-a-big-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/168407\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers news: Attorney says Deommodore Lenoir arrest not a big deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don\u2019t lose sleep over the Deommodore Lenoir arrest<\/a>, there\u2019s not much to worry about. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s not speculation, that\u2019s from a legal professional. NBC Sports Bay Area\u2019s Matt Maiocco had Bay Area criminal defense attorney Todd Bequette on his YouTube channel to talk about Lenoir\u2019s Thursday arrest<\/a>. <\/p>\n

First thing to note is the July 25 date. The San Francisco 49ers<\/a> report to training camp on July 22, while Lenoir\u2019s court appearance is scheduled for July 25 in Los Angeles. So the question becomes: does that jeopardize his start to camp?<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not in jeopardy,\u201d Bequette said to Maiocco about the situation. \u201cWorst case, he\u2019s charged with a misdemeanor; his legal counsel can appear for him on that date.\u201d <\/p>\n

Bequette went on to explain the number of misdemeanors and how legal counsel would advise Lenoir not to appear anyway. <\/p>\n

From there, Bequette identified both a best-case and worst-case scenario, which would be if Lenoir\u2019s case were not or was charged as a criminal case, respectively. If it\u2019s a criminal case? <\/p>\n

\u201cI think the worst-case scenario for him might be an admission to a misdemeanor and perhaps some probation,\u201d Bequette said. \u201cBut that truly is the worst-case scenario.\u201d <\/p>\n

San Francisco 49ers cornerback Deommodore Lenoir was arrested Thursday for obstruction of justice, putting an end to what was a \u201cdrama-free\u201d offseason. The incident involved one person tossing keys to Lenoir, who then tossed the keys to another individual. The vehicle in question contained a concealed weapon. <\/p>\n

\u201cIs that technically obstruction of justice? I suppose. If I were a betting man, I would say he will not be charged initially. If he is, it is de minimis conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n

While this seems to be less concerning from a legal standpoint, there\u2019s still one more judge Lenoir needs to sit down with: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Once the legal issues are resolved, attention turns to the NFL\u2019s personal conduct policy and whether a suspension for Lenoir is warranted. Yes, this is a first offense, and yes, all he did was \u201ctoss car keys\u201d, but the NFL has been inconsistent with its punishments in the past. Obstruction of justice, even a minor violation, is still a breach of the personal conduct policy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is obstruction of justice, and then there\u2019s obstruction of justice. If we have the straight scoop from the reports so far, that his action was limited to \u2018tossing keys,\u2019 I can\u2019t believe the NFL would deem that act to be detrimental to the integrity and the public confidence of the NFL.\u201d<\/p>\n

So overall? This might be something Lenoir and the 49ers laugh about a few years from now. The arrest is only two days old, though, so more information could still come out.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a big deal at all… I just don\u2019t think that this conduct will warrant prosecution from the LA County district attorney\u2019s office or a suspension from the NFL.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t lose sleep over the Deommodore Lenoir arrest, there\u2019s not much to worry about. That\u2019s not speculation, that\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2329,13559,33397,322,2377,16748,1131,7,29,16749,28,88,6,1136,813,1137,3804],"class_list":{"0":"post-168407","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-a","9":"tag-arrest","10":"tag-attorney","11":"tag-big","12":"tag-deal","13":"tag-deommodore","14":"tag-ers","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-front-page","17":"tag-lenoir","18":"tag-nation","19":"tag-news","20":"tag-nfl","21":"tag-niners","22":"tag-not","23":"tag-san-francisco-49ers-news","24":"tag-says"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114768048794767859","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}