Corey Ballentine did not fly back home from Dallas with the Giants Sunday night after their 35-17 season-opening loss to the Cowboys.
Instead, the rookie cornerback returned home to Topeka, Kan., to testify Monday at the preliminary hearing for an 18-year old man accused of shooting Ballentine and killing his best friend and former Washburn University college teammate.
Ballentine is one of 13 people who were called to testify at Shawnee County District Court, according to the Topeka Capital-Journal.
The incident took place in the early morning April 28, hours after the Giants made Ballentine a sixth-round pick in the draft.