subject: Francisco Rodriguez faces new charge [print this page] A spokesman for the District Attorney's office said Rodriguez will be arrested and rearraigned on the new charges sometime before his next mlb jerseys court appearance, which is scheduled for Oct. 7.
One of the texts to Daian Pena, Rodriguez's girlfriend and mother of his children, read: "let's find a solution to this conflict. I understand I made a mistake perhaps the biggest mistake of my life but I love you."
More texts: "your parents are manipulating you like a marianette [sic]" and "your parents have what they have because of me."
Prosecutors requested that Rodriguez be remanded but Judge Robert Raciti denied the prosecution's motion. Raciti warned Rodriguez that he would honor it if he tried to communicate again with nfl jerseyPena.
Prosecutors say Rodriguez left the country and went to Venezuela on Aug. 30. He sent 19 messages from August 30 to Sept 13.
Christopher Booth, Rodriguez's attorney, seemed to question why there would be an order of protection for Pena when he said in court, "She was not the victim in this case."
Of the text messages, Booth noted "there are no threats, there are no menacing comments. He professes his love for the mother of his children."
Booth was pleased with the judge's decision after prosecutors tried to have his client put in jail.
"That's what they tried to do," Booth said after the court hearing. "And we successfully kept him out of there."
Rodriguez, who did not speak in court, was dressed in a rednfl jerseyand blue jeans. He did not comment while walking from the courthouse to a parking lot two blocks away. He left in a black Toyota Sequoai with Booth and an unidentified woman, who also accompanied Rodriguez in the court room.
Rodriguez is accused of attacking his girlfriend's father outside a family lounge at Citi Field.
He was arrested after the Mets lost to Colorado on Aug. 11.
He tore a ligament in the thumb of his pitching hand during the altercation and required surgery. He was placed on the disqualified list. The team says he wouldn't be paid until he's off.
Prosecutors say the four-time All-Star was angry after the loss and took it out on his family.
