Aaron Donald incorrectly ID’d in assault

De Vincent Spriggs initially claimed that 29-year-old Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald assaulted him on April 11 between 3-4 a.m. Now, after a video surfaced, he says he was mistaken about who injured him in a fight early Sunday morning.

Spriggs suffered injuries in the fight and originally claimed Donald attacked him. But security camera footage did not show that, and Spriggs now says he was wrong about who hit him in the fight.

“I wanted to make this statement public. And to extend an apology to Aaron for what he’s gone through, but I clearly know this was not him,” Spriggs’ attorney, Todd Hollis, said in a statement to KDKA.

Donald’s attorney says that it was Spriggs who started the fight by swinging a bottle at Donald, causing others to jump on Spriggs, and that Donald actually saved Spriggs by breaking up the fight.

Donald was the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year in 2020, 2018, and 2017.