Elissa Ennis, the ex-girlfriend of San Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster, was in court Thursday testifying that her initial accusations against him were lies.
Her testimony is quite eye-opening. Here are some of the highlights.
The next morning, Ennis said she was cooking breakfast for Foster and his live-in friend, DeAndre Austin. That’s when Foster said he wanted to break up with her. “I can’t do this anymore,” Foster said, according to Ennis, who cried remembering this on the stand…
— David Lombardi (@LombardiHimself) May 17, 2018
She also told the court that Foster did not hit her once, and that she actually hit him with a clothes hanger.
Reuben Foster’s accuser just gave extensive testimony, says he did not hit her once and actually she struck him with hanger.
“I was threatening Reuben. … that I was going to f*** up his career”
Called 911 3x because “I wanted to be extra. I wanted him to go down. I was pissed”— Cam Inman (@CamInman) May 17, 2018
She went on to say, “I told him I’m going to f*** your s*** up and make sure you don’t have a job tomorrow,” per Cam Inman of the Bay Area News Group.
Reuben Foster’s ex-girlfriend Elissa Ennis testifies:
“It was all a money scheme. I didn’t want to get this far in the news. It was about money.”
She fled home to Louisiana after Foster arrested 2/11 and she took with her Foster’s money and jewelry which is in a safe deposit box— Cam Inman (@CamInman) May 17, 2018
While Ennis testified amid tears about breakup — “I was lying about lot of stuff” — Reuben Foster sat in chair between his attorney and detective. Reuben had left hand on his chin, right hand on pen tapping notepad and right leg tapping floor under desk.
She never spoke to 49ers.— Cam Inman (@CamInman) May 17, 2018
Back in February, Ennis accused Foster of viciously assaulting her — dragging her by her hair, hitting her between eight and 10 times and rupturing her eardrum. Foster was arrested and charged with three felonies, but since then Ennis has hired a lawyer, provided videotape which purportedly shows her fighting with another woman (to explain the injuries she suffered) and told police that her initial allegations against Foster were untrue.
At this point, until the legal proceedings play out, Foster remains away from the team as it undergoes offseason workouts.