 Fomer Giants WR Plaxico Burress 'truly remorseful'
Fomer Giants WR Plaxico Burress 'truly remorseful' after appearance before grand jury
by Mike Garafolo/The Star-Ledger
Wednesday July 29, 2009, 12:59 PM
NEW YORK -- Plaxico Burress stood outside a Manhattan court room shortly after his grand jury testimony Wednesday, expressing remorse for his actions in a self-shooting last November.
"I was truthful, I was honest and I'm truly remorseful for what I've done, what happened and what I did," Burress said shortly after walking out of the courtroom at 12:43 p.m. Wednesday. "I just want to thank everybody -- family, friends and fans -- for their prayers and support."
Burress was wearing a gray suit with thin blue pinstripes, with a blue shirt and tie. He perspired as he spoke.
He also ignored questions from bystanders, including one guy who yelled "Hey, Plax, Cowboys or Raiders?"
Burress' attorney, Benjamin Brafman, said his client convinced him that appearing Wednesday would help.
"The decision by Mr. Burress to testify was a decision he wanted very much. I agreed that in order to humanize him, they (the jurors) needed to see who he was and what this man is about," Brafman said. "He didn't hide. He came in. He stood there like a man and took as many questions as the prosecutors had. These people (the jurors) need to understand that it's not just an athlete, not just a number, not just a celebrity. But that there's a real individual who's already suffered and will continue to suffer as a result of their actions" if the grand jury issues an indictment.
"Were he not to have gone in before the grand jury, and if it was only the district attorney, my expectation is the grand jury would have had an easy decision," Brafman continued. "My hope now that they have seen and heard him is that they will have a tougher decision. We don't know what their decision is going to be."
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