7:21 p.m. — Senior quarterback Jarrett Lee will start LSU’s season opener against Oregon on Sept. 3, said LSU coach Les Miles on Friday.
Miles addressed the media on Friday night following the arrests of quarterback Jordan Jefferson and sophomore linebacker Josh Johns. Both players are suspended indefinitely and will not be allowed to practice with the team.
 
“Josh Johns and Jordan Jefferson are suspended until further information is brought to light,” Miles said. “That suspension is indefinite. It’s certainly a tough time for our team when they see a teammate in peril.” Miles said he did not get a chance to address the players personally to tell them of the arrests, but said the incident hit hard on the team.   “There was tears. It was hard on them,” Miles said. “It took some time for them to understand what was going on. I’m sure this is devastating to [Jefferson] and his family, but it would be my guess they’ll be able to recoil and stand tall and participate in their defense.”   Miles said quarterbacks Zach Mettenberger and Stephen Rivers will backup Lee, who threw for 573 yards last season with two touchdowns and one interception.
“Jarrett just had a hell of practice,” Miles said. “He really practiced well and he’s really working to do things that he needs to do to help his team.”
 
5:49 p.m. - LSU linebacker Josh Johns has hired Thomas Damico as his attorney, changing representation from Nathan Fisher, who has represented him and quarterback Jordan Jefferson to this point.
Johns hired Damico after Johns was arrested earlier today on charges of second degree battery.
“After an arrest is made I think it’s important perhaps that each individual player possibly have their own legal representation,” Damico told the Daily Reveille. “I think that’s probably in their best interest. ”
Damico said he is still in the process of gathering evidence and furthering the investigation.
“I don’t think we have enough information at this point to form a strategy,” Damico said. “We certainly take the stand that Josh is innocent of those charges. I’m surprised he was arrested based on the evidence I’ve seen so far.”
 
5:18 p.m. — Quarterback Jordan Jefferson and linebacker Josh Johns have hired new council and will no longer retain attorney Nathan Fisher.
Jefferson has hired Lewis Unglesby and Thomas Damico will represent Johns.
Unglesby told Moscona of ESPN Radio that the Jefferson family contacted him around noon on Friday after he was booked and released from Baton Rouge Parish Prison on charges of second degree battery.
“These charges are very common,” Unglesby said. “It’s very common for the police … to overcharge. I don’t think they should have
Unglesby said he felt neither player should have been charged at all and denied reports of Jefferson kicking someone in the head.
“That’s not true,” he told Moscona. “It is in the arrest warrant but I say that’s not true. The crime of which they have been accused probably could have been handled with a summons. If we took football away from this, it’s just a bunch of young people arguing with each other.”
Jefferson found out he was being arrested through a text message, Unglesby said.
“I am very impressed with the young man,” he said. “He came here in a suit and tie. When he got his text message that the police were going to arrest him, his reaction to that was to go put on a coat and tie and go down to the police station.”
The legal process could last into the winter, Unglesby told Moscona.
 
3:18 p.m. — Police Chief Dewayne White and BRPD held a brief press conference to address the arrests of quarterback Jordan Jefferson and linebacker Josh Johns. The transcript is listed below:
“Today is a sad day for the city of Baton Rouge. Today is a sad day for Louisiana State University, the LSU alumni and the countless fans that follow the Tiger football program. It is also a sad day for the Baton Rouge Police Department.
“The Baton Rouge Police Department, based on numerous interviews of witnesses, including victims and players implicated in the incident that occurred on August 19, 2011 at 1:30 a.m. in the parking lot of Shady’s Bar on East Boyd, as well as video evidence of certain individuals, all of which were present at the scene and all of whom provided statements which corroborated in the culmination of sufficient probable cause to issue a warrant for the arrest of Mr. Jordan Jefferson and Mr. Joshua Johns for the crime of second degree battery.
“These two individuals cooperated fully with investigators, they turned themselves in to authorities today around noon at East Baton Rouge Parish prison and were subsequently booked and released on $5,000 bond.
“In the next several days, the Baton Rouge Police Department will forward its report relative to these arrests to the district attorney’s office for review and final disposition. For this reason, and for the purposes of protecting the integrity of an ongoing and continuing investigation into this matter, the department will not comment any further on the merits or facts of this case.”
White did not take any questions after finishing his statements. LSU coach Les Miles will speak to the media tonight at 6 p.m.
 
12:00 p.m. — Attorney Nathan Fisher said linebacker Josh Johns and quarterback Jordan Jefferson turned themselves in and posted $5,000 bonds. Both are charged with second-degree battery.
Fisher said he spoke with Shady’s employees when he took the case on Sunday, but police hasn’t gotten in contact with the employees.
“They haven’t spoken to the police yet,” Fisher said. “So apparently they have their way of doing things, and I have my way of doing things, and we will see whose is better.”
 
11:08 a.m. — Quarterback Jordan Jefferson and linebacker Josh Johns have been suspended indefinitely according to a statement by LSU coach Les Miles.
“We will continue to cooperate with the authorities in an effort to find out exactly what took place during the incident,” Miles said in a news