Overview
- Pearce was accepted into a Miami‑Dade pretrial intervention program after completing intake and waivers on Tuesday, May 26, and must follow a one‑year plan to secure dismissal of pending charges.
- The case stems from a Feb. 7 Doral incident and includes three felony counts — aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, fleeing and eluding police, and resisting an officer with violence — plus a misdemeanor stalking charge.
- Program rules require therapy, regular drug testing and a strict stay‑away order from WNBA player Rickea Jackson, and Florida prosecutors expanded the agreement from an earlier six‑month proposal to 12 months.
- Jackson voluntarily withdrew her attempt to obtain a permanent restraining order, but the diversion enrollment required victim and authority coordination and Pearce must avoid contact for the program’s duration.
- The NFL’s independent personal‑conduct review remains open and could still result in discipline that affects Pearce’s availability to the Atlanta Falcons regardless of whether the state charges are dismissed.