{"id":289636,"date":"2025-08-15T08:30:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T08:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/289636\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T08:30:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T08:30:15","slug":"former-texas-wr-isaiah-bond-plans-to-sign-with-the-cleveland-browns-after-no-billing-of-sexual-assault-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/289636\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Texas WR Isaiah Bond plans to sign with the Cleveland Browns after no-billing of sexual assault case"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sexual assault case brought against former Texas Longhorns wide receiver Isaiah Bond was no-billed by a grand jury in Collin County, so Bond will face no further criminal charges at this point, according to Bond\u2019s agent Damien Butler<\/a>, and confirmed by the county\u2019s district attorney.<\/p>\n

\u201dAfter reviewing all the evidence presented, a Collin County grand jury returned a \u2018no bill\u2019 in the sexual assault charge involving Isaiah Bond, meaning no indictment will be issued. This concludes the criminal proceedings in this matter,\u201d Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis said<\/a> in a statement to CBS News.<\/p>\n

Shortly after the news broke, Bond released a statement announcing that his plans to sign with the Cleveland Browns.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know there have been questions and reports about the recent allegations,\u201d Bond wrote in the statement. \u201cI am grateful for the decision of the prosecutor and the courts not to pursue charges. I will learn from this experience as I grow in wisdom, character, and faith. On the advice of my attorney, I will not discuss the details of this case, but I want to be clear: from the very beginning I have refuted these allegations and maintained my innocence. I stand firm by that today.\u201d<\/p>\n

In early April, Bond turned himself into police on an outstanding sexual assault warrant and was released after posting $25,000 bond.<\/p>\n

After Bond\u2019s release, he posted a statement to social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cRegarding the accusation made against me, I would appreciate the time and opportunity to defend myself and prove the claims made, patently false. I am in full cooperation with the authorities and will remain a willing and active participant in the investigation,\u201d Bond said in the statement. \u201cUnfortunately, claims like these prove to be harmful to all involved, absent full review. I kindly request that all reserve judgement until the authorities provide a complete report based on truth and evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

The warrant stemmed from a February incident described in the arrest affidavit<\/a> that led Bond to tell the alleged victim \u201calcohol makes me do things,\u201d ask her to sign a non-disclosure agreement, and offer her a monetary payment.<\/p>\n

Bond subsequently filed a defamation lawsuit against the woman for making false statements to the Frisco Police Department that was dismissed with prejudice<\/a> by the United States District Court in Northern Texas last month.<\/p>\n

An Alabama transfer, Bond caught 34 passes for 540 yards and five touchdowns for Texas in 2024 while rushing for an additional 98 yards and a touchdown. Considered a second-round prospect in the 2025 NFL Draft, Bond was not selected after his arrest.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, he responded on social media to the news of his case being no-billed before announcing the news of his signing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The sexual assault case brought against former Texas Longhorns wide receiver Isaiah Bond was no-billed by a grand…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2054],"tags":[86,85,54,2337,7,6,55497,1079],"class_list":{"0":"post-289636","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-browns","8":"tag-browns","9":"tag-cleveland","10":"tag-cleveland-browns","11":"tag-clevelandbrowns","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-nfl-horns","15":"tag-texas-longhorns-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115031849397025037","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289636","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=289636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}