Lawyer: "Not Guilty" Plaxico to Turn Himself In

Posted Nov 30th 2008 1:55PM by TMZ Staff

Plaxico Burress' lawyer, Ben Brafman, just told us they were making arrangements for Plaxico to turn himself in tomorrow morning.

Ben said Burress will enter a plea of not guilty to one charge of illegal possession of a weapon, a felony.

Sources tell TMZ Burress could also be charged with reckless endangerment.

Ben Brafman tells TMZ his client "Intends to address the charges in a responsible manner as a true professional," adding, "I would hope that his fans reserve judgment in this matter until all of the facts are developed."

Brafman just left Plaxico's New Jersey home, where the wide receiver has been holed up since the shooting.

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1. Now they just need to turn the lock and throw away the key.

Posted at 2:33PM on Nov 30th 2008 by Ms_Tell_It_Like_It_Is

2. What a great family man he is...as well as a teammate.

Posted at 2:37PM on Nov 30th 2008 by Tim Perkins

3. What an ass! He F'd the football season up already! Fool!

Posted at 2:38PM on Nov 30th 2008 by Debralee

4. OK PLAXICO WHAT were u doing with a gun in and why wasnt it on saftey. this was your fault you dont even deserve to play with the giants now. I hope they fire u after this season. Now u better hope that u didnt screw up ur teams season.

Posted at 3:06PM on Nov 30th 2008 by SeahawksR2good4U

5. BROTHA WAS FRAMED!!!

Why they always keeping us down? I thought electing Barack would keep stuff like this from happening again.



Posted at 3:26PM on Nov 30th 2008 by Leroy LeMonjello

6. What a retard! He could've seriously hurt an innocent bystander. On a positive note, the Patriots fan in me is beyond thrilled to see a prized NY player go down. Haha sucka!!

Yeahhhh Pats!! Title Town Babyyyyyy!!!!

Posted at 3:51PM on Nov 30th 2008 by Erin

7. Don't worry Leroy he will be ok. He got a good lawyer and we in the white house if there is anything fishy going on our boy will get the Justice Department on it. We don't have to worry about being framed and having biased juries anymore.

Posted at 3:52PM on Nov 30th 2008 by rick

8. I hate these athletes that seem to always get off the hook.

Oh, and shot himself with his own gun. How is that being framed? Oh, pleeeeease!

Posted at 3:56PM on Nov 30th 2008 by Super Hick Hillbilly

9. When I clicked on this, I thought someone would turn it into racist and I see I wasn't let down. He could've been white, black, red or yellow, and what he did is still WRONG!

Posted at 4:08PM on Nov 30th 2008 by chasiti

10. What kind of a name is "plaxico"... it sounds like a popular and free internet file sharing software... oh and also - is a picture from a tv screen the best you can do for this guy?

Posted at 4:16PM on Nov 30th 2008 by codestud3

11. if you need a gun to go clubbin, maybe ya shouldn't be goin clubbin!

and if you get denied at one place, take your injured pride to someplace that thinks you're somebody and wants you there!

and if you shoot yourself with your own gun... you may be a retard.

Posted at 4:57PM on Nov 30th 2008 by bobbyozone

12. Funny. I've been target shooting since I was a little girl. I've never shot an an animal (I am a vegetarian) yet I've somehow managed to never shoot myself, or my Grandpa / Instructor.

What a bloody moron! Go Pats!!

Posted at 5:28PM on Nov 30th 2008 by elizabeth

13. Of course he's not guilty. That gun started the whole thing.

Posted at 5:30PM on Nov 30th 2008 by Hawkeye

14. This one isn't more than a few days out of the trees. If you carry a loaded weapon into a nightclub and it is fired (FOR ANY REASON) it should be a MINIMUM 5 year sentence!!!!!! NO EXCEPTIONS!!!! Can't we just handcuff this idiot to PacTHUG so it makes it a little harder to beat up women and hurt innocent bystanders? What a couple of canker sores on the butt of society!

Posted at 5:37PM on Nov 30th 2008 by What a fool!

15. Okay.....So he shot himself with a GUN but he is going to plead not guilty to having a GUN???? No wonder he got Diddy's Lawyer!!!

Posted at 5:42PM on Nov 30th 2008 by Tim

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