Jackson Mahomes gets felony charges dismissed

Jackson Mahomes has had felony charges dismissed by the Johnson County District Attorney’s Office this week. The 23-year-old was previously charged with three aggravated sexual battery counts for an alleged assault on a female restaurant owner in Kansas City. Now, Mahomes is slated back in court in March for the remaining misdemeanor battery charge.

The alleged incident involving Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes‘ younger brother happened at Aspens Restaurant and Lounge, a restaurant located in Kansas City in February. The victim was Aspen Vaughn, the restaurant owner.

Per the report, Jackson told Vaughn he needed to speak with her privately. When they went to her office, he closed the door. That’s when the alleged assault occurred. Vaughn provided video surveillance of the incident.

Now, Vaughn has requested a dismissal of anything to do with her regarding the case. Prosecutors wrote in new court documents that the accuser told them she would say “that she had not been truthful to the police and that the encounter with [Jackson] was consensual.”

Jackson also allegedly shoved a 19-year-old waiter at the restaurant multiple times for which he still faces the misdemeanor battery charge. After his arrest, he made a $100,000 bond shortly after an appearance in court.

“Like I said from the beginning,” Mahomes’ attorney, Brandon Davies, said in a statement to FOX 4 on Tuesday, “Jackson has done nothing wrong. We had full confidence that the truth of the matter would ultimately be revealed. The defense will reserve further comment until the remaining count is disposed of.”

Restaurant at center of Mahomes assault case forced to close

The restaurant that served as the scene of Jackson Mahomes’ alleged sexual assault case has been forced to close its doors, the Kansas City Star reported in August.

The Star spoke to an admin employee, Stephanie Lopez, who told the paper that despite making it through the post-pandemic lull, the eatery faced too much negativity to survive.

“It’s hard to own a company and go through everything that we’ve gone through,” Lopez said. “We were so close to making it, and then this whole thing happened.”

After sharing her story, Vaughn received death threats and harassment. The restaurant was targeted as well.

“I feel like definitely, since it’s occurred, my safety is definitely at risk,” Vaughn told the Star. “I’m feeling attacked by people I’ve never met. Why do victims not come forward? It’s because this is how they get treated.”

After coming forward, the restaurant owner claimed that Aspens’ business went down by 75%. Also, she believes someone purposefully cut the air conditioning, as well as damaged the natural gas lines, and pulled fire alarms, causing water damage to the interior.