ENGLEWOOD, Colorado – Denver Broncos defender Von Miller will not face criminal charges following an investigation by the Parker, Colorado Police Department earlier this year, according to the judicial district attorney’s office.
The bureau declined to file charges “based on an examination of our currently available information,” according to a statement Friday.
The prosecution stated that the case did not meet the standards of the probable cause of the admissible evidence “to support a conviction beyond any reasonable doubt and that the decision to prosecute is in the interest of justice.”
The bureau said it would not comment further on an investigation “in which there was never a summons, arrest or deposition.”
Police in Parker, a suburb southeast of Denver, have admitted that Miller was under investigation. Miller did not publicly comment on any part of the investigation, nor did he respond to requests for comment in recent weeks.
Neither the police nor the district attorney said what the investigation was for or what charges Miller could face.
On Thursday, Broncos general manager George Paton said the team wants Miller back for the 2021 season – Miller has a one-year contract option for the season the team has to hire – but added that he wants to see ” the legal process carried out ”. ”
“Obviously it’s a serious situation, but we want to let it go before we comment on that,” Paton said.
If the Broncos take over Miller’s option before the start of the league’s new year, they would guarantee $ 7 million of Miller’s $ 17.5 million base salary and commit the last year of a six-year deal, $ 114.5 million. dollars signed in 2016.
Asked on Thursday whether Miller’s return could depend on a pay cut even after the legal process, Paton said the team was “still working on it.”
“We want to bring Von back … I don’t want to get into everything, but we want to bring him back,” he said. “Obviously, the legal process, what’s going on, is a serious situation, obviously, and I don’t know all the details, but we respect what is happening. We want to return Von.”
Miller, an eight-time Pro Bowl and Super Bowl 50 MVP selection, missed the 2020 season after an ankle injury just days before opening. At the time, coach Vic Fangio said he expected Miller to have “a hell of a year.”
Miller had eight sacks in 2019, the lowest total since 2013, when he finished five after serving a six-game suspension for violating the league’s substance abuse policy and then suffering a broken ACL in December.
He is the longest-serving player in the Broncos and the first team of John Elway as the team’s executive football leader. Elway resigned as general manager earlier this year before Paton was hired in January.