Geno Smith Cleared - Police Close Battery Case Against the Jets QB With No Charges

Geno Smith warms up before a New York Jets game in 2016. Photo by Jeffrey Beall / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith will not face charges after police in Davie, Florida, closed an investigation into a woman’s accusation that he assaulted her, Yahoo Sports reported on July 14, 2026. Investigators cited a lack of corroborating evidence, and the 35-year-old, a 12-season NFL veteran reacquired by the Jets in a March trade with the Las Vegas Raiders, was cleared without ever being arrested. For a player just named his team’s projected starter for the fall, the resolution lifted a cloud that had hung over him for weeks.

What investigators found

The police report, referenced by ESPN’s Rich Cimini and cited by Yahoo Sports, laid out why the case stalled. “Due to the inability to review surveillance footage, conflicting stories, and lack of independent witnesses, (the officer) was unable to determine the primary aggressor in the physical altercation,” the report stated. Smith provided police with Ring camera footage that, per the report, “did not show any physical altercation occur between the two,” and neither Smith nor his accuser submitted requested follow-up statements.

How it began

The investigation stemmed from a June 21 incident in which a woman who said she was Smith’s ex-girlfriend posted video on social media and placed a 911 call. “My ex-boyfriend just beat me up,” she told the dispatcher, according to Yahoo Sports. The original incident report obtained by ESPN noted that Smith had two scratches on his face and a knot on the back of his head, while the woman had a small cut along the webbing of her right hand and a bruise on her left arm. Smith was never taken into custody, and the woman, also identified in the report as his manager, was trespassed from his property.

The voices around the story

Smith did not publicly respond, and the Jets declined to comment, per Yahoo Sports. The mother of Smith’s child, a different woman, defended him in an Instagram story, saying Smith “is and always has been more than capable of taking care of his son.” The NFL, meanwhile, issued a measured statement that “we are aware of the matter and the club has been in contact with the league,” signaling the league office was tracking the situation without moving to act.

Where it stands

“No further investigative steps can be reasonably taken with the information presently available,” the police report concluded, per Yahoo Sports, adding that reopening the case would hinge on new evidence. That leaves Smith legally in the clear as he prepares to lead the franchise that first drafted him back in 2013. Barring fresh developments, the matter is closed.

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