CINCINNATI — Bengals running back Joe Mixon pleaded not guilty to a single aggravated menacing charge in court Wednesday afternoon.
A judge issued a $10,000 unsecured bond and ordered Mixon to not have contact with the prosecuting witness, according to our news partners at WCPO in Cincinnati.
Mixon was re-charged with aggravated menacing earlier this month. As previously reported, Cincinnati Police re-filed the charge against the Bengals star after “discovery of new evidence during the investigative process.”
Mixon was charged in February after a woman alleged that he pointed a gun at her on January 21, the day before the Bengals defeated the Buffalo Bills in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs. Court records indicate Mixon told the woman “You should be popped in the face. I should shoot you, the police can’t (sic) get me.”
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The initial charges triggered an arrest warrant against Mixon, but the probable cause and arrest warrant were dismissed the next day.
Aggravated menacing is a first-degree misdemeanor. The charge could carry a maximum sentence of 180 days, a maximum fine of $1,000 and a maximum of five years probation, WCPO reported.