NFL Star Josh Sills Will Return to Philadelphia Eagles’ Active Roster After Rape Trial Acquittal
usmagazine.comNFL star Josh Sills was cleared of his rape and kidnapping charges on Friday, August 4, and is set to return to the Philadelphia Eagles.“We are aware that the legal matter involving Josh Sills has been adjudicated and he was found not guilty,” a team statement read via Twitter on Friday. “The organization has monitored the situation.
The NFL has removed him from the commissioner’s exempt list and he will return to the team’s active roster.”Sills, 25, was acquitted hours earlier during the conclusion of his trial in Guernsey County, Ohio, according to CBS News.
The offensive lineman had been accused of assaulting a woman and holding her against her will in 2019.“I still believe the victim,” Dave Yost, the attorney general of Ohio, said in a statement. “But in America, criminal convictions require proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
The jury did not see it, and I thank them for doing their duty under the law.”Sills — who was signed to the Eagles in 2022 as a free agent — was indicted on one count of rape and one count of kidnapping in Ohio weeks before Super Bowl LVII.According to a statement made by Yost in January, Sills allegedly “engaged in sexual activity that was not consensual and held a victim against her will” in December 2019.
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