Former NFL Player Damon Arnette Pleads Not Guilty in 2022 Vegas Strip Hotel Valet Gun Case

Former NFL cornerback Damon Arnette (L) leaves the courtroom with his attorney Ross Goodman following his arraignment at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on May 24, 2023. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP

LAS VEGAS—Former NFL cornerback Damon Arnette has pleaded not guilty in Nevada to felony charges and his lawyer is challenging his indictment alleging he displayed a handgun during an argument with Las Vegas Strip casino valets in January 2022.

“He never brandished a gun. He never pointed a gun,” defense attorney Ross Goodman said Thursday of Arnette.