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Laremy Tunsil's stepdad booked, released from jail

After Tunsil and his mom filed their own charges, Lindsey Miller turned himself into the Lafayette County Detention Center on Tuesday.

Laremy Tunsil's stepdad, Lindsey Miller, turned himself into police on Tuesday morning, one day after he confirmed that his wife and stepson had filed charges against him. Miller was booked at the Lafayette County Detention Center at 8:15 a.m. CT and released on bond at 9:20 a.m., according to Parrish Alford.

This is a turning of the tables for Miller, who himself filed charges against Tunsil after a physical altercation last Thursday. Miller alleges that the star Ole Miss lineman instigated an argument and proceeded to pummel him with six or seven punches.

But Tunsil and his mom have a different story: that Tunsil rushed to her defense after Miller shoved her. Miller, who's been charged with simple assault and two counts of domestic violence, told The Clarion-Ledger on Monday that charges had been filed against him.

Tunsil's already made his stop at the detention center: he turned himself in last Friday and spent roughly an hour there before bailing out.

So now we have two opposing stories and two sets of charges. Unless the police report (which we're still waiting on to be released publicly) sheds light on some additional witnesses or evidence, this essentially boils down to he said, she said.

The Cup talked to a law professor on Monday about how this type of case usually plays out.

"It can be a long process to get the facts clear," Robert Rychlak told us. "The biggest problem here is figuring out who was truly the aggressor, who started it and why it happened. All of those things are kind of hard to get to the bottom of and they're usually conflicting accounts."