A former NFL player has been sentenced to six months in jail for brutally beating his ex-girlfriend in front of their son. Zac Stacy, who played in the top flight of American football between 2013 and 2015, will also have to serve a year of probation.
The 31-year-old former athlete pleaded guilty to the assault and was taken into the custody of an Orange County, Florida circuit judge, according to a report NBC. Stacy had been arrested in November 2021 after his girlfriend, Kristin Evans, posted the security camera video on Facebook.
The pictures show how the man brutally beat her and threw her against the television. At that moment Evans fell to the floor and the device ended up on top of her. Everything happened in front of their baby, who at that time was only five months old.
What the ex-partner of the NFL player convicted of assault said
After the verdict was known, Evans expressed himself on his social networks in favor of mental health treatments. “People who are willing to work to be better deserve an opportunity to show that they can be better,” he wrote in the text that he reproduced. People.
“He decided to change. Through cognitive behavioral therapy, he was able to make a significant adjustment in his behavior and communication. And over the last six months, he has shown steady improvement and our son enjoys spending time with him.” the woman assured.
Evans assured that he does not seek to minimize what Stacy did, but rather to avoid “more trauma” for his son. “I have to talk to this man and be parents to him for the rest of my life. I did not advocate for jail because of the lack of resources, the lack of rehabilitation, the lack of mental health education and the psychological effect it can have on our son, who is already in a relationship with his father,” concluded.
