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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police released audio recordings that are part of the domestic violence allegation investigation into Panthers player Greg Hardy. Hardy is heard saying, “We’re trying to get her out of my house. She keeps running back in every time. My neighbor’s outside, she witnessed everything.”
The 25-year-old defensive end, his voice distorted under law, can be heard in a more than four-minute 911 call asking for help just after 4:15 AM Tuesday. Hardy tells the dispatcher that 24-year-old Nicki Holder is attacking Hardy in his Uptown apartment, breaking glass and hitting him in the face with her fists and high heels.
The dispatcher asks if Holder is out of Hardy’s apartment. Hardy says, “No, she won’t let me close the door and I can’t touch her to get her out. She’s literally kicking and scratching, my manager’s restraining her right now.” He goes on to say, “I don’t need a medic. She hit me in the face. I’m not bleeding or anything; it’s a little swollen but I’m fine.”
Holder’s attorney Stephen Goodwin says his client is the victim, not Hardy. He says she couldn’t call 911 because she was being held down. Goodwin says, “My client was not the aggressor, not by a long shot. She weighs less than 120 pounds. Mr. Hardy, [is an] All Pro linebacker, strong, big.”
Goodwin describes his client’s injuries as head-to-toe bruising, scratches, a swollen knee and a damaged elbow. He says her arm is in a sling. Goodwin says she went to CMC’s emergency room at some point Tuesday for treatment. When asked if her injuries could have been the result of Hardy trying to defend himself against her attack, he said this: “I would say that the physical evidence doesn’t even come close to matching that.”
Holder filled out a restraining order request against Hardy, saying he threw her into a bathroom, told her he was going to kill her, choked her and threw her onto a couch covered in loaded assault rifles and shot guns. Hardy’s attorney, Chris Fialko, declined to speak to reporters, but did tell a judge Wednesday the “alleged incident did not happen.”
Hardy is charged with communicating threats and assault on a female. The judge ordered Hardy to stay away from Holder. Hardy was released on $17,000 bond. He said nothing to reporters as he left court.
Holder, a waitress, reportedly lived with Hardy until March. Her attorney declined to say if there was previous violence in their relationship. He confirmed that she tried to contact Hardy Tuesday. He declined to say what prompted the altercation between his client and Hardy. In court, it was said that both were intoxicated. The judge also ordered Hardy to attend three Alcoholics Anonymous classes a week.
