Media confirm contents of Joe Mixon surveillance video
Media were allowed to watch the video of Oklahoma freshman running back Joe Mixon reportedly punching a 20-year-old woman in the face.
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Jerry Hinnen
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In the police affadavit that led to Mixon's misdemeanor charge of "an act resulting in gross injury," 20-year-old Amelia Molitor said Mixon "struck her on the left side of her face with his closed right first, knocking her into a table top and then to the ground where she laid motionless." The media permitted to see the video -- including the Oklahoman, Tulsa World, SoonerScoop.com, and others -- verified that account.
From SoonerScoop's report on the video, writer Eddie Radesovich describes the moments leading up the punch, and its delivery:
Mixon begins to walk away and appears to say something to [Molitor's male friend] as he starts his exit out of frame. This is when Molitor initiates the physical contact with a two handed push. Mixon barely budges, clenching both fists by his side. Mixon now flinches/lunges at her. This is when Molitor strikes Mixon with an open hand across the left side of his neck.
Neither the push or the slap are significant in the least bit. What made the viewing even more uncomfortable -- perhaps more than I expected -- is the difference in size between Mixon and Molitor.
Following the slap across the left side of his neck (she can barely reach his face), Mixon unloads a violent right handed hook. There's really not a nice or clean way of saying it. Molitor immediately falls to the floor from the stirke, hitting her face on the edge of the table in the process. Mixon immediately bolts out of frame.
The guy that was standing there is still in view and is now joined by two other girls. They help a very, very wobbly Molitor up off the ground. She is bleeding from her nose, refusing the help being offered.
Per the World, another police record reported Molitor was diagnosed at Norman Regional Hospital with "a fractured jaw, fractured cheek bone, fractured sinus and fractured orbit which caused a hemotoma on the left eye.”
Mixon pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor charge in August and is due in court Sept. 23.
Oklahoma president David Boren announced Mixon's suspension August 18 at the recommendation of Bob Stoops and athletic director Joe Castiglione, saying Mixon could continue at the school under the "appropriate conditions."
A five-star running back from Oakley, Calif. and the Sooners' highest-ranked recruit in the class of 2014, Mixon had been expected to compete for carries -- even in Oklahoma's crowded backfield -- as soon as Week 1.
