Trial of Once-Top Football Recruit Again Delayed

The trial of a once-top recruit for the Saint Anselm football team was put on hold for the second time on Monday, the Lowell Sun reported Monday evening.

In Lowell District Court on Monday, prosecutors told the judge that a grand of immunity would need to be arranged for the victim and a second witness, according to the Sun report. Immunity would protect the witnesses from self-incriminating themselves while testifying against the defendant.

Matthew Grimard, 19 of Dracut, Mass., is facing one charge of domestic battery stemming from an alleged early morning assault on his girlfriend last May. Just weeks after announcing he would attend Saint Anselm, the high school football star allegedly pulled his girlfriend by the hair and punched her in the jaw at a party in Lowell.

The trial was first set to begin in October, and has now been set for January 4.

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