The Dallas Morning News
Former Texas A&M and Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel sits at the back of the courtroom while his defense attorneys confer with the prosecution after he appeared before Judge Roberto Cañas at the Frank Crowley Courts Building on Thursday, May 5, 2016, in Dallas. Manziel reported to court Thursday for the first time since a Dallas County grand jury indicted him last month on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge. Former girlfriend Colleen Crowley has accused him of kidnapping, hitting and threatening to kill her in January. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News)
On the fourth floor of Frank Crowley, outside Criminal Court 10, a gauntlet of media restlessly await Thursday morning’s celebrity guest appearance.