Jackson Mahomes’ case pushed to January. Prosecutor says he’s violated pretrial rules
.JPG "Jackson Mahomes listens to prosecutors during a bond motion hearing in Johnson County District Court on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Olathe.")
The preliminary hearing in Jackson Mahomes’ felony sexual battery case was postponed until the afternoon of Jan. 3 during a court session Tuesday in which a Johnson County prosecutor alleged that Mahomes violated court restrictions that he have no contact with the alleged victims or witnesses.
The hearing was originally set for Tuesday, but Mahomes’s lawyer Brandan Davies asked for a 30-day continuance. Judge Thomas Sutherland granted the delay at the scheduling conference held instead. But as both Sutherland and prosecution had scheduling conflicts, the preliminary hearing was pushed into next year.
Sutherland set aside the entire afternoon of Jan. 3, starting at 1:30, for the Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe’s office to present testimony and evidence that prosecutors think justifies taking the case to trial.
The only surprise during the scheduling conference came after Davies asked Sutherland to release his client from pretrial supervision, stating that Mahomes has had nothing but negative results from urinalysis testing for drugs and alcohol since he was charged in May.
“I think somewhere around 10 UAs have come back clean,” Davies said.
But prosecutor Megan Ahsens objected to removing court supervision.
“Judge, there is, we’ve had information that would indicate that he has been having contact with someone he’s not supposed to be having contact with and we still think he needs to be monitored,” she said during the court session, which was conducted by video conference.
As a condition of his bond, Mahomes was instructed not to have contact with the alleged victims or witnesses in the case, some of whom are his close friends. Early in the case, Davies had filed a motion asking that Mahomes be allowed to see some of them, but the judge denied the request.
“Mr. Mahomes, you are still under the court order that you not have any contact with any alleged victim or any witnesses in this case? You understand that right?” Sutherland said Tuesday.
“Yes, sir,” Mahomes said.
Citing the presence of news reporters on the Zoom call, Ahsens asked that Sutherland allow her to present information to the contrary in a private setting, not on video.
“I think there’s media on here,” she said. “ I don’t think that the defense is going to want me to say some of the things I need to say, so if we can do this via email, that would be great. I think the court will understand my objection.”
Sutherland said he would make no ruling on Davies’ request until he got that information.
Mahomes, a social influencer and brother of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, was charged in May with three felony counts of aggravated sexual battery. Those charges stem from a Feb. 25 incident where Jackson Mahomes allegedly grabbed a woman by the throat and forcibly kissed her in the office of the Overland Park restaurant she owned at the time.
He also faces a misdemeanor count of battery for allegedly pushing a waiter at the same restaurant.
He remains free on $100,000 bond.
This story was originally published October 24, 2023 at 3:20 PM.
