Marcell Ozuna remains held in a Fulton County, Georgia, jail, awaiting a bond hearing in upcoming days, and his case has now been turned over …
Marcell Ozuna remains held in a Fulton County, Georgia, jail, awaiting a bond hearing in upcoming days, and his case has now been turned over to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office for prosecution, according to Salvador Ortega, a sergeant with the Sandy Springs Police Department. Ozuna, the Atlanta Braves outfielder, was charged with battery and also aggravated assault by strangulation after a 911 call Saturday summoned police to his Sandy Springs home. Upon arrival, officers say they witnessed Ozuna grab his wife, Genesis, by the neck and throw her against a wall. Both charges fall under Georgia’s Family Violence Act, which states charges cannot be dropped by an alleged victim in a case once it has been submitted by the law enforcement agency to the prosecutor. Additionally, prosecution will proceed “without victim cooperation if there is deemed to be sufficient independent evidence to prove the elements of the crime(s) without the victim’s full involvement.” The horrific details of Ozuna’s arrest – police say Ozuna also struck Genesis with his arm, encased in a cast due to two broken fingers – would indicate prosecutors could reasonably find cause to proceed without cooperation beyond responding officers.
