The victims in last week’s Nashville incident involving former NFL coach Rex Ryan have come forward. And they are making specific and clear accusations about Ryan’s driving.
Via the California Post, attorney Michael Holland said that Ryan “almost killed” Holland and his wife with Ryan’s pickup truck, as they crossed the street.
“If we had been six inches further out,” Holland said, “I’d be in a hospital right now and so would my wife.”
Added Holland regarding Ryan: “He decided he wanted to turn and didn’t care, and just ran over both of my feet, my wife’s foot and got her leg too.”
Holland contends that Ryan didn’t stop, and that Holland caught up with the truck and pounded on the window.
“He was told in no uncertain terms what he had done, and instead of staying at the scene or even saying, ‘Sorry,’ he just got back in his vehicle and took off,” Holland said.
Holland gave the Post a photo of his wife’s injuries.
“I mean, just another inch or two, and his mirror or bumper would have taken off [my wife’s] knee,” Holland said. “His tire literally was like so close to her that it scraped her leg and ran over her feet and both of my feet. You just can’t do that. . . . My wife has already lost one of her toenails; I’m probably going to lose a couple of mine. Her leg is kind of scraped up . . . it hurt.”
Holland took a photo of Ryan’s red Ford Truck, with a Jets license plate holder and a vanity tag that says “HIT QBS.”
It’s entirely on brand for Ryan. Really, everything about the situation is.
Ryan faces six misdemeanors and is due in court next month. It remains to be seen whether he appears on ESPN’s Sunday morning pregame show.
Then again, with the Patriots playing the Lions at 9:30 a.m. ET on Sunday, it’s not as if anyone will be watching.