Johnny Manziel said he did everything he could to escape a “very aggressive” fan before an altercation in the lobby of his apartment building.
Speaking on Friday for the first time since last week's incident, Manziel said the man, identified in a police report as Chris Gonos, was “a very intoxicated, very aggressive person that approached me in the lobby.” Manziel said he went out dinner on Friday night with his mother and roommate and had returned to The 9, a downtown hotel where he has an apartment, when he was confronted by “what has been made out to be a fan.”
Manziel did not name Gonos but said the man was “putting his hands on me, kind of toying with me.”
Manziel said he and his roommate tried to coax the man into another elevator and “the guy got very aggressive” before security was able to intervene.