Former Denver Broncos linebacker Andra Davis pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of simple assault and assault and battery in a case in which he’s accused of choking a high school assistant basketball coach after a game in December.
Davis, 40, appeared in Aurora municipal court with several family members.
The incident occurred after a contentious Dec. 12 girls basketball game between Regis Jesuit and Grandview High School. Davis’s daughter, Alisha, a forward for Grandview, was ejected late in the game after punching a Regis player, a YouTube video of the game showed.
According to Aurora police accounts, Davis was upset that John Koslosky, an assistant Regis Jesuit coach and girls athletic director, had touched his daughter as he separated the two teams after the on-court fight.