Las Vegas Raiders receiver Davante Adams had an assault charge for shoving a cameraman on the field dropped by the prosecutor in charge of the case on Friday, paving the way for a civil case.

It was a misdemeanor charge and evidently was not worth pursuing. The incident occurred on Oct. 10, 2022, according to The Kansas City Star.

Adams, 30, still faces a civil lawsuit filed by the 20-year-old cameraman named Park Zebley, who is also suing the Raiders, the Chiefs, and others.

After the Raiders lost to the Kansas City Chiefs 30-29, the receiver reportedly shoved Zebley with both hands while walking off the field and back into the tunnel toward the locker room.

Raiders’ WR Davante Adams moments after the Raiders loss to the Chiefs: pic.twitter.com/lEjoOHS7x2

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 11, 2022

Zebley was holding a tall piece of equipment at the time he was shoved. The cameraman stumbled and fell backward after he was pushed. Evidently, he inadvertently walked in front of Adams, who proceeded to get physical with him.

After pushing the cameraman down, Adams allegedly paused for a minute, staring at him before walking off into the tunnel. A security guard helped Zebley to his feet.

Following the game, Adams apologized to Zebley for his actions. That wasn’t enough to placate the cameraman who proceeded to file charges and sue Adams over the incident, claiming he had a concussion after the shove.

“Sorry to the guy I pushed over after the game,” Adams tweeted following the incident. “Obviously very frustrated at the way the game ended and when he ran infront of me as I exited that was my reaction and I felt horrible immediately. Thats not me..MY APOLOGIES man hope you see this.”

The tweet has since been deleted.

“He ran and jumped in front of me coming off the field and I bumped into him and kind of pushed him, and he ended up on the ground,” Adams told Deadspin after the game. “So I want to say sorry to him for that because that was just frustration mixed with him literally just running in front of me. I shouldn’t have responded that way, but that’s how I initially responded so I want to apologize to him for that.”

#Raiders’ WR Davante Adams, who shoved down photographer Park Zebley last season, has had his misdemeanor assault charges dropped by the prosecutor, per the @KCStar

Zebley still has pending civil lawsuits against the Chiefs, Raiders, and Davante Adams. pic.twitter.com/BvxAD5z9CJ

— Tanner Phifer (@TannerPhiferNFL) June 24, 2023

The NFL investigated the altercation but Adams received no punishment for it. The legal process, however, is still playing out and is not over.

The Kansas City Municipal Court issued a citation a few days after the incident alleging Adams “did, by an intentional, overt act, inflict bodily injury or cause an unlawful offensive contact upon [the victim] by pushing [him] to the ground using two hands causing whiplash, headache, and a possible minor concussion.”

Zebley was working as a freelance photographer for ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” when the altercation occurred.

He told The St. Louis Dispatch in an interview following the incident that it was his first day on the job.

: Raiders WR Davante Adams is being sued by the videographer the he pushed during the 2022 season.

The #Chiefs and #Raiders also being sued.

Park Zebley alleges he feared for his life after he was allegedly assault by Adams and was diagnosed with concussion…

— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) May 26, 2023

“I’m traveling from one side of the field to the other,” Zebley said during the interview. “I’m following a crowd of media people. There’s a big crowd congregating around the tunnel. I’m walking with my camera stand, trying not to hit anybody, and I didn’t even see him.”

“He became part of the crowd. Before I knew it, I was violently shoved to the ground. He was just staring at me. I didn’t know what was going to happen next, if he was going to hit me again or step on me, or what was going to happen. He walked past me. Somebody on the security team helped me up. And I ran,” the cameraman stated.

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