Former Florida State and New York Giants football player Travis Rudolph was found not guilty on all counts in a murder case stemming from a 2021 shooting death at his Florida home.
that Jones hit him numerous times during the confrontation and denied accusations that he had hit her. He said that Jones told him after the confrontation:"I'm gonna have my brother and them come over there and f*** you up and kill you; that was the gist of what she was saying."
Prosecutors argued that Rudolph was the aggressor in the shooting and escalated the altercation by introducing a semi-automatic rifle to the situation. Rudolph and his defense team argue that he acted in self-defense as the men threatened and attacked him and his brother. Rudolph said the situation turned violent when the men showed up and he approached them in his driveway. He testified that one man sucker-punched him and that the other three men then jumped him. He said that Robinson pulled a firearm out of this pocket and one of the men said"y'all gonna die today."He said he fired shots after one of the men pointed a gun at him.
“I knew all along that I did what I had to do to protect me and my brother’s life," Rudolph told reporters after the verdict. Rudolph, 27, played three seasons as a wide receiver at Florida State from 2014-16. He tallied 153 catches for 2,311 yards and 18 touchdowns in 36 games. He played a single season in the NFL with the New York Giants in 2017, where he tallied 8 catches for 101 yards in seven games.
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