Talks With Police
Former Raiders assistant coach Randy Hanson told the Napa Police Department on Sept. 25 that he was struck by coach Tom Cable and suffered a broken jaw in the incident, according to an NFL.com story.
Hanson’s San Francisco-based lawyer, John McGuinn, called the case "a textbook case of felony assault," according to the NFL.com story.
McGuinn said that Hanson, right, has continued to receive paychecks from the Raiders since the incident, which reportedly occurred Aug. 5 at the Raiders training camp facility in Napa, but that the defensive assistant was told to stay away from the club's regular-season headquarters in Alameda.
McGuinn said that Hanson, right, was interviewed by detective Mike Walund for roughly 90 minutes and has also turned over his medical records detailing his broken jaw.
"Randy answered the detective’s questions, but we have no idea whether charges will be coming," McGuinn told NFL.com. “That will strictly be determined by the police and the DA’s office. We have no input. He just answered questions."
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Napa police reportedly completed its investigation into the incident and on Oct. 5 submitted the findings to the District Attorney’s office for review.
The Associated Press reported that Napa County District Attorney Gary Lieberstein on Oct. 5 said in a recorded message left on his media line that his office is reviewing the report. “We are taking this very seriously,” Lieberstein said.
Fox Sports reported Oct. 4 that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell intends to interview Cable, right, about his alleged role in the training-camp incident involving Hanson. Oakland plays at the New York Giants on Oct. 11. The NFL office is located in New York.
"This is not getting pushed under the rug," Goodell told Fox Sports.
On Oct. 13, Goodell told reporters in Boston that Cable would be the subject to NFL discipline if he is implicated by police in their investigation of an alleged assault on an assistant coach.
Goodell said that workplace violence is specifically identified in the league’s personal conduct policy, and if Cable is charged with any crimes, he could be punished by the NFL.
Goodell reportedly expects to receive a report “in the next couple weeks” on the Napa police investigation, which is in the hands of the district attorney. He said the league is “allowing the criminal process to go forward for some period of time” before potentially getting involved.
"What are the facts?" Goodell asked at the fall owners meetings. "There’s a legal and criminal process going on to determine what are the facts."
Speaking to reporters at his weekly news conference Oct. 5, Cable said:
"When it all is resolved, you'll understand why I'm acting the way I am. It's just something I'm not going to talk about and shouldn't talk about. I'll let that process do its thing."
Hanson, 41, reportedly first spoke with Napa police Aug. 6, the day he was treated at Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa for a jaw injury sustained Aug. 5. The hospital called the police as part of standard procedure because Hanson’s injury was consistent with that of an assault victim.
At that time, Hanson reportedly told the police only that he had been assaulted by another member of the Raiders coaching staff at the team’s training camp site
Cable, 44, has repeatedly told reporters "nothing happened," regarding the reported altercation with Hanson.
Talking to reporters after an Aug. 20 Raiders practice, Cable said: “We’re still going to take care of it internally. The one thing I will tell you is, when all the facts come out, everything will be fine.”
McGuinn also said in the NFL.com story that Napa police told him numerous other people have been interviewed as part of its investigation. Defensive coordinator John Marshall and defensive backs coaches Willie Brown and Lionel Washington reportedly also were in the meeting room when the incident took place.
McGuinn told NFL.com that several Raiders have solicited advice from Hanson since the incident and that they provided him with a laptop once owned by Brown.
Hanson reportedly was stripped of his coaching duties by Cable just before the incident.
