Two former LSU players pleaded innocent to separate crimes Thursday.
Former LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor simple battery stemming from an incident outside Shady’s Bar on Aug. 19, 2011.
Jefferson did not attend the arraignment hearing, but his attorney, Lance Unglesby, entered the plea. State District Judge Chip Moore scheduled a status hearing for May 10.
Jefferson continued to claim innocence during a radio interview Thursday with WCNN radio in Atlanta.
“I was not involved in the situation,” Jefferson said. “That situation was a whole scam for [Andrew Lowery, the alleged victim]. He was trying to get money, he was trying to do whatever he can to sabotage what I had going on.”
Former LSU running back Charles Scott also pleaded not guilty  to one charge of sexual battery.
Scott, 23, was arrested in November 2011 for simple rape of an 18-year-old woman. His charges were reduced to sexual battery Monday, and a trial date will be set after a status hearing in June.
 
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