Rickea Jackson Told Court James Pearce Jr. “Will Kill Me”

Miami-Dade prosecutors filed four criminal charges against Atlanta Falcons edge rusher James Pearce Jr. on Thursday, following his arrest last month. The charges came a few weeks after a Miami-Dade circuit judge extended a temporary restraining order granted to Pearce's ex-girlfriend, WNBA player Rickea Jackson, who told the court that Pearce had physically abused her and threatened to kill her, including a threat "to place a bag over my head." In her request, the Los Angeles Sparks forward told the court, "I am truly in fear for my life." The four criminal charges are: felony aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, felony fleeing police, felony resisting an officer with violence, and misdemeanor stalking. The charge of aggravated battery, according to the charging document, is for driving his car into Jackson's car, and the stalking charge is because prosecutors said he followed, harassed, or cyberstalked Jackson leading up to the day when she went to the Doral police station, seeking help. The other two charges are connected to the police chase that followed. Here is what Jackson said happened, as described in her subsequently granted restraining order request.