Rex Ryan, the former coach of the New York Jets and, according to the Daily Caller, now an ESPN analyst, turned himself in to Nashville police on Wednesday, Nov. 11. He was arrested on six outstanding misdemeanor warrants stemming from a late-night incident on Broadway in Nashville.
The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department alleges that shortly before midnight on Thursday, Nov. 5, Ryan's pickup truck struck two pedestrians, and that he drove away after an argument. Ryan, listed as 63 in Breitbart's report, has not been convicted of anything, and no response from him or a lawyer appeared in the reports reviewed for this story. Everything below is an allegation.
The wording of the police account matters here. Whether the truck "ran over" the pedestrians' feet or merely "made contact" with them is the department's characterization, and it has not been established in court.
What police say happened at Fourth and Broadway
According to the police account, as relayed by Breitbart, which cites the New York Post as its reporting source, the two pedestrians were crossing Broadway from 4th Avenue when a truck turning right off 4th Avenue struck them. The police report says they were crossing "with a walk sign."
Police allege the truck ran over both victims' feet and made contact with one victim's leg, according to Breitbart's account of the department's statement. The Daily Caller, which also cited the Post along with News 5 Chicago, described the feet being run over but did not mention the leg.
The pedestrians say the truck then stopped at the red light at Broadway and Rep. John Lewis Way, where they flagged down the driver. By their account, as reported by both outlets, the driver got out, argued with them, and drove off. The pair took pictures of the truck's license plate, which police say is registered to Ryan, and of the driver.
The Daily Caller, citing News 5 Chicago, reported that the two suffered minor injuries. That detail comes from a single outlet and has not been verified.
Six counts, all misdemeanors
The warrants list the following counts:
Leaving the scene of an accident, two counts.
Failure to give information or render aid, two counts.
Failure to obey a traffic control signal, two counts.
Police said Ryan surrendered "on six outstanding misdemeanor warrants," in the department's words as quoted by Breitbart. That outlet also reported that records show Ryan left jail early Wednesday on a $6,000 bond. The Daily Caller did not report the bond or release time, though a search snippet from another outlet also gave the bond as $6,000.
The department's original statement could not be located directly; the police language quoted here comes secondhand through the outlets that published it.
Ryan's background
The Daily Caller noted that Ryan coached the Jets from 2009 through 2014 and later spent two seasons with the Buffalo Bills. His current role as an ESPN analyst appears in the Daily Caller's report and a search snippet from another outlet; his age comes from Breitbart and a Nashville TV station's snippet. Neither detail was confirmed from a second full report.
Neither ESPN nor the Jets had commented in the reporting reviewed, and nothing has been said publicly on Ryan's behalf. A police report is the start of a case, not the end of one.
What comes next
No court date, arraignment, or plea has been reported. The open questions are whether Ryan or his attorney offers a different version of events, what the original police statement says in full, and whether ESPN or the Jets respond.
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