L’Jarius Sneed’s civil trial will be pushed back from its scheduled March 17 date because of a conflict with spring break, Dallas County (Texas) Court Judge Dianne K. Jones told lawyers for both parties Monday morning.
Jones heard motions from the attorney representing the two men suing the Titans cornerback, Shane Eghbal, to compel initial disclosures and discovery responses.
Eghbal said Sneed’s attorney, Michael Todd, has provided incomplete discovery and been difficult to reach, and showed examples of texts the defense attorney had shared that offered no context about who Sneed was texting with.
As Sneed’s side has presented some information since the motions were made, the judge asked Eghbal to file a specific overall request.
But she told Todd he will be required to provide what Eghbal seeks and to make clear what everything is, using Bates numbering, a legal cataloging system.
“It’s called discovery; they’re entitled to it,” she said. “It may not be relevant, but they’re entitled to it.”
Eghbal seeks Sneed’s exchanges about the incident with all relevant third parties and has made 17 production requests – tangible things related to the case like documents.
Todd said that the list includes the Titans GM (Mike Borgonzi), president (which could mean Burke Nihil or Chad Brinker), old coach (Brian Callahan) and Chic Ejiasi, the team’s director of player engagement as well as others not associated with the team.
Frustrated by the proceedings, Jones said she will start monthly meetings to supervise the progress of the case.
Christian Nshimiyimana and Avi Ahmed’s suit alleges that Sneed and Tekonzae Warmek Williams pulled up in a rented Lamborghini Urus on Dec. 6, 2024, and shot multiple times at him in a Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon, which was struck by bullets, as was One Legacy Motors, which the veghicle was parked outside.
They seek over $1 million in compensatory damages, fees and relief for infliction of bodily injury (though there were no reported gunshot wounds), threat of bodily injury, intentional infliction of emotional distress, civil conspiracy and negligence.
Sneed denied any part in the accusation and has pointed to Williams. Williams still identifies on LinkedIn as Sneed’s personal assistant, but Sneed told me during training camp that he no longer associates with Williams.
Williams has been indicted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a felony. Sneed has been indicted for the failure to report a felony where a reasonable person would have believed serious bodily harm or death may have resulted.
That’s a Class A misdemeanor, which is punishable by a maximum of one year in jail, a $4,000 fine, or both.