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Justin Chaisson talks with classmates before class starts on Feb. 4 at Bishop Gorman High School. A defensive end, Chaisson signed a letter of intent to play college football at Oklahoma at the end of the school day.
Published Thursday, March 26, 2009 | 9:46 p.m.
Updated Wednesday, May 6, 2009 | 10:11 p.m.
Chaisson Signs with Oklahoma
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diggBishop Gorman standout Justin Chaisson signs his National Letter of Intent to play football with Oklahoma.
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UPDATED STORY: Gorman athlete’s ex-girlfriend was granted restraining order
Bishop Gorman senior football player Justin Chaisson was scheduled to appear in front of Judge Melissa Saragosa Thursday in Clark County District court on a felony charge, according to the court's docket.
Chaisson, 18, was reportedly arrested Tuesday and charged with multiple criminal acts, including felony assault with a deadly weapon, false imprisonment and three counts of battery. The arrest stems from an incident with his girlfriend last week in which Chaisson reportedly attacked his girlfriend with a screwdriver, according to a KLAS Channel 8 report.
Chaisson isn't listed as an inmate on the Clark County Detention Center's Web site and it is not known if he appeared in court. Calls to his cellular phone weren't immediately returned.
Chaisson, a 6-foot-4, 252-pound defensive end who signed to play at the University of Oklahoma, set the state's single season sack record with 23 in 2007 to help Gorman win the state championship. He had 46 tackles and five sacks in 2008 as Gorman advanced to the Sunset Regional title game. Rivals.com ranked Chaisson as the 73rd best football player in the nation for the class of 2009 and the fifth best strongside defensive end.
Ray Brewer can be reached at ray.brewer@lasvegassun.com or 990-2662.
Went psycho on a 15 yr old girl. If I was his dad or the girl's dad I'd beat his ass so bad he'd be scared to even look at a screw driver again.
A screwdriver....seriously???? Sounds like a real winner!!
There is also a player that plays both basketball and football at Gorman who actually stole a teamates truck, totaled it and got arrested for DWI a few weeks ago, he will be going to a hearing next week as well. Gorman's a great school but they have to get a handle on these student athletes.
...6'4" 252lbs. and chasing a chick around w/a screwdriver?....I guess you would have had to been there for that one, (Anger Management class,here we come....)
15 year old girl? Sounds like statutory to me in addition to the other charges.
bye carreer over... domestic vilonce is a learned behavior form the family...i dont care if you the best football player in the U.S. better start saving money for the pay offs youll be giving to Bubba so he does not have his way with you..they will show in prison the right way to use a shank.....looser...violence on girls....
Gorman boosters will probably help with the defense fund or hide him from the police like they did that abusive Father from the church a few years ago. Stay Classy Gorman.
Vegas, Vegas....the Sun never reported the age of the girl. We had conflicting reports and did not want to go with a possibly wrong one last night.
Also, multiple felony charges are very serious. Even if he just receives probation, that stays on your record for life.
I hope any students reading this realize the serious nature of these accusations for all parties involved no matter what the outcome.
vegasvegas, of course Oklahoma and his parents are going to try and spin this positive.
He probably had a little roid rage.
If the charges are true, Mr. Chaisson better spend even more of his daddy's money on a really, really slimy lawyer.
Can't wait to read about all the horrible things this girl does and how he was "provoked".
Gorman is full of rich, spoiled and worthless kids. But, like I always say "another one bites the dust".
I'm sure Chaisson Motors appreciate the shout out, vegasvegas. As if the auto business wasn't tight enough as it is.
And this kid is best to forget the likes of OU (none of the top schools will touch him now) and think more along the lines of UNLV.
VegasVegas,
Everything in that article you linked was taken verbatim from the RJ article on this story.... get off your anti-local-media soapbox.
This is Gorman and it will all go away, just like it did last time there was an alleged assault involving a football star.
The fact that the RJ's comments have been disabled on their story on this says volumes. This kid will get off with "anger management." A shame, if he's guilty.
The kid is a premadona athletic bum...another success story for American secondary school atheleticism and hero-making...
He should never be allowed to play any athletic team sport again. Most universities would prohibit him from being on a team; however, he still might make it to UNLV...God knows that they will take almost anyone...Remember 'Tark, the Shark, had a number of ball players that could not read 'Dick and Jane' primers but were called "student athletes" and ended up being nothing more than common criminals with basketball skills?
how sad. a guy that big chasing his girlfriend around with a screwdriver.
BG athlete: Stands for "Beating Girlfriends", and yes, it's all about how much money his family will pay to make this problem go away. Hopefully, the girl's family will set another example of these kids who go to BG. The students, faculty, and PARENTS, think they are above the law.
It's a shame that a young person has damaged his future but this is not an incidence to take lightly, if this happened to my daughter, it would of been an ass kicking at this storage facility that they wound up at.
The comment by VegasVega2) Career not over. This is a pretty prominent family (ever heard of the Chaisson Auto dealerships?). That fact will likely help get the charges dismissed or lowered to such a degree it won't hurt him.s:
I guess you never heard of Bombard Electric LLC. The victims Daddy's company!!
Who do you think has more political pull in this town? A shady car sales man, or the owner of an electric company that laid just about every electical line for almost every casino on the Las Vegas STRIP!!
any thing else you like to know? The only numbers he's going to have is CCDC numbers on his back.
I write a response to VegasVegas comment, and mine gets removed.
VegasVegas calls the people of Vegas "idiots", and then caps on Vegas's parents by insulting their kids about not going to college and working at Burger King and his gets to stay posted.
What was so wrong of my comments compared to others? I ask this of The Sun and the site staff who removed this. Please enlighten the readers and users of this site so we can all be equal and not having The Sun be biased towards one and not the other.
Your a dork VegasVegas,
No matter what anybody from the general public says to him to his face is going to matter. He, himself, would have to feel remorse and to take total responsibility for his actions.
Kind of like you for example. No matter how much the blog writers knock you down on your comments, you keep up with the stupid comments, you would want to change before any of this matters.
And there are thousands of people who are accomplished even when they have done very wrong things in their past, however, do all of them feel that they owe everyone an apology and accept full responsibility for their wrongdoings? Get off your fantasy island and see the real world.
"Nuff said"
Your right, I do have someone to pick up at Burger King, what time is your shift over again?HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
I've got to know Justin Chaisson over the past couple of years. I don't know Justin's family all that well however, they seem to be very loving and supportive parents. Just because the kid comes from a successful family that has the resources to send him to a wonderful school like Bishop Gorman shouldn't be cause to condemn the kid before he has his day in court. Justin made a mistake that I'm sure he wishes he could take back and handle differently. I don't know about you but I remeber feeling so heartbroken when I was a kid after my first break up I thought my life was over. Kids have hormones racing, and emotions get the best of them which sometimes makes good kids do stupid things that are impulsive and wrong. Justin will have to take responsibility for his actions, pay the legal consequences, but most importantly I hope he gets some counseling to help him. The rest of us need to pray for this kid, his family, and for his ex-girlfriend. I know personally I am far from being the perfect parent myself and I pray everyday that my own two sons never let their emotions get them in this kind of trouble that Justins in. I don't know any parent who is perfect or who has raised a perfect child. Keep your head up Justin and know that there are people who love you and support you, and always remember that most of all God loves you:)
It doesn't matter what school or what background the kid is from -- bottom line, it's a felony investigation and the legal system will handle it accordingly. Is the kid is jail now, or back in school awaiting trial?
First of all, who the heck cares if the ex's family is associated with Bombard Electric. Justin has moved on to better things, and is looking forward to Oklahoma, He comes from an incredible family that supports him in everything he does. He has everything he needs with what he has right now.