Ex-Jaguars linebacker Telvin Smith pleads not guilty to charge of unlawful sexual activity with certain minors

Former Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Telvin Smith pleaded not guilty to a charge of unlawful sexual activity with certain minors, according to Duval County (Florida) court records.

Smith bonded out of the Duval County jail last Wednesday on $50,003 bail.

Smith waived his right to be present at all pretrial conferences, and he filed his not guilty plea through his attorney.

Smith allegedly engaged in sexual acts with a minor on two occasions in August and September of last year in his Queens Harbour home and in his black Cadillac Escalade, and he offered the minor money to keep quiet about it, according to an arrest warrant released by State Attorney Melissa Nelson’s office Thursday.

Smith allegedly told the minor to tell others he was acting as a “mentor” to her if asked about why they were seeing one another, the warrant says.

A fifth-round selection out of Florida State in 2014, Smith played for the Jaguars for five years before announcing in 2019 that he was stepping away from football.