PHOENIX - Instead of being in a Florida courtroom, Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss was with his teammates at practice yesterday, preparing for Super Bowl XLII.
At a hearing yesterday in Broward County (Fla.) Domestic Violence Court, the temporary restraining order that bars Moss from coming within 500 feet of Rachelle Washington was extended until March 28 and the case was continued until that time, at the agreement of both parties.
"He will stay completely away from her and has no desire to have contact with her," said Richard Sharpstein, Moss's attorney. "He's in Phoenix busy preparing to win the Super Bowl and on a day like today, his mind is elsewhere."
A friend of Moss's for 11 years who said she had an intimate relationship with the receiver, Washington, 35, was granted the restraining order Jan. 14. In her petition to the court, she alleged that on Jan. 6 Moss battered her at her Fort Lauderdale, Fla., residence, causing serious injury, and then denied her medical attention.
Moss has denied the allegations, claiming that all he's guilty of is an "accident," and that Washington, through her then-attorney, David McGill, asked for "six figures" to make the incident go away.
Yesterday, it was learned that Washington has switched representation. Her new attorney is Darrell Thompson.
Efforts to reach Thompson were unsuccessful.
According to Sharpstein, Washington was not present at yesterday's hearing.
Material from the Associated Press was used in this report.
