49ers defensive lineman Kevin Givens charged with assault
49ers defensive lineman Kevin Givens has been charged with second-degree assault stemming from an incident Feb. 22 in Baltimore, Maryland court documents show.
Givens, 24, allegedly left a man with a dislocated shoulder, cuts and bruises after a late-night altercation at a Sheraton hotel, according to an affidavit written by the alleged victim Hayden Bosley. TMZ was first to report the incident Friday.
“The San Francisco 49ers organization is aware of the media report regarding Kevin Givens,” the team said in a statement to The Bee. “We are gathering the relevant facts of this matter and will continue to monitor the situation.”
Givens and Bosley were part of a group of four that had gone out and Bosley noticed something was wrong when they tried to get a ride to their hotel.
“I only spoke to Kevin earlier in the night,” Bosley wrote in the affidavit, “and asked if he was leaving with us ... in our Uber/Lyft. He responded angrily and told me to get away from him, so I did.”
Bosley and two others, including Givens girlfriend, returned to the hotel where Givens joined them when the alleged incident took place.
“Kevin came not long after and saw all three of us standing in the hallway,” Bosley wrote. “This made him angry because he yelled when he saw us and then came down the hall walking quickly towards us.”
The two women in the group tried to get in between Givens and Bosley.
“I was telling him to stop, asking what’s wrong, and telling him, ‘I’m on your team,’” Bosley wrote. “’I’m not trying to be against you.’ He then tackled me and dislocated my shoulder. From the ground and/or his limbs I received a black right eye, bruises above my left ear, and minor skin scrapes.”
Bosley said one of the women they were with got between the two allowing Bosley to get up and try running away. He later got a ride from a friend to a nearby hospital to treat his shoulder and put it back into place. He said he was in the hospital from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m.
Givens, according to court documents, used the Levi’s Stadium’s address as his contact information. A trial date is set for April 26.
Givens, who joined the team as an undrafted free agent from Penn State in 2019, was expected to have a rotational role along San Francisco’s defensive line. He has 20 tackles and one sack in his 14 games as a pro.
The 49ers this week signed veteran defensive tackle Zach Kerr to a one-year contract.
This story was originally published March 26, 2021 at 10:12 AM.
