Charges not filed against Mustain


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Former USC quarterback Mitch Mustain, will not face felony charges following his arrest Tuesday on suspicion of selling prescription narcotics, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Mustain, 22, was arrested Tuesday in Van Nuys, Calif. after allegedly selling Adderall to an undercover police officer. County prosecutors now say they will not pursue a felony prosecution because the substance he sold was lisdexamfetamine dimesylate, similar to Adderall but not a controlled substance. As a result, it is not punishable as felony.

Prosecutors, however, could have gone forward with felony charges since Mustain passed off the substance he was selling as a controlled substance, but opted to send the case to the city attorney’s office due to Mustain’s lack of a criminal record.

“Given that Mustain has no record and that this is his first contact with law enforcement, it is appropriate that it be referred to the city attorney’s office for misdemeanor consideration,” officials wrote in an article published by the Times. According to Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office spokesman Frank Mateljan, Mustain could be charged in the case as early as next week.

Mustain has been preparing for the upcoming NFL draft set to take place from April 28-30. Mustain had been on campus at USC to work out in the school’s athletic facilities in preparation for USC’s Pro Day on March 30 – essentially a workout in front of NFL scouts.

Mustain started only one game for the Trojans in his career, a 20-16 home loss to Notre Dame on Nov. 27, after transferring from Arkansas in 2007. As a freshman for the Razorbacks, Mustain had led Arkansas with an 8-0 record as a starter before a fall out with then-Arkansas coach Houston Nutt.

Mustain was one of the most highly recruited high school players in history.

The arrest of Mustain follows the arrest of another former Trojan Everson Griffen, who played for USC from 2007 to 2009. Griffen, now a member of the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings was arrested on Monday on suspicion of felony battery after LAPD had to use a taser to subdue him after a traffic stop near campus. According to prosecutors, Griffen would not face felony charges as well because officers were not injured and Griffen lacked a criminal history.