By Brandon Apter, Sports Talk Philly editor 
Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Michael Bennett turned himself in to the Houston Police Department on Monday after being indicted on felony charges for "injury to the elderly, included intentionally and knowingly, causing bodily injury to a person 65 years or older." Bail was set at $10,000.
The alleged charge happened at Super Bowl LI in Houston, Texas on February 5, 2012. Bennett's brother had just won the Super Bowl and he was trying to get on to the field to celebrate with him. Instead, Bennett was apparently met by security and forced his way on to the field and in the process injured three people, including a 66-year-old parapelegic. Despite the amount of security on hand at the Super Bowl, Bennett was not approached on the field following the incident. An officer made a decision that he was no longer a threat and instead tended to the injured woman. There is no video or pictures of the incident.
Howie Roseman spoke to reporters on Monday and it seems like he's taking the "innocent until proven guilty" mindset:
“I think we’re in a great country and in this country, people are presumed innocent,” Roseman said when asked if he would have made the trade had he known about the incident beforehand. “I think we have to be fair about that in all these matters. I don’t think it’s fair in any situation to not give people the right to present their side. I don’t want to get into this, but our overriding philosophy on things is people are innocent until proven guilty.”
Roseman was also asked about if they knew about this during the background check phase of the trade:
"There’s nothing that we feel like they did wrong or there’s any blame in this matter. It’s a unique circumstance and we’ll deal with it as we go.”
“What we found out is that he’s a good teammate and they like playing with him and some of our players have been with him in the Pro Bowl, some of our players had trained with him and we rely on information like that,” Roseman said. “Obviously, he came into our facility and we had a chance to sit down and talk with him. We have relationships with trades. When we make trades, we’re very transparent about the players we trade to other teams, good and bad.
The Eagles acquired Bennett and a seventh-round pick in the 2018 NFL Draft from the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for a fifth-round selection in 2018 and wide receiver Marcus Johnson on March 14.
