Report: Former Oklahoma RB Seth McGowan Pleads Not Guilty, Enters $100k Bond

The OU Daily reports McGowan appeared in Cleveland County Court on Monday with his attorney

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Report: Former Oklahoma RB Seth McGowan Pleads Not Guilty, Enters $100k Bond

Former Oklahoma running back Seth McGowan earlier this week pleaded not guilty on counts of conjoint robbery, assault and battery and conspiracy to commit robbery and has posted a $100,000 bond, according to a report Wednesday in the OU Daily.

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The Daily obtained arraignment documents from the Cleveland County District Courthouse. The documents report that McGowan appeared in person Monday at Cleveland County Court with his attorney, Todd Kernal, and that the bond was posted Monday afternoon.

McGowan has a preliminary hearing scheduled for June 29.

Felony arrest warrants were filed in Cleveland County last Friday for McGowan and former Sooner wide receiver Trejan Bridges, who were accused of robbing, beating and threatening to kill a man at the Crimson Park Apartments in Norman on April 15.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Bridges had not yet appeared in court.

According to the arrest warrants filed May 7, jewelry, marijuana and high-dollar shoes were items stolen from the victim.

OU told SI Sooners in a statement on April 16 that two student-athletes had been suspended, and head coach Lincoln Riley announced on May 6 that McGowan and Bridges were no longer part of the team.

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Published May 12, 2021

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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