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Report: Security guard demanded $500,000, signed memorabilia from Ezekiel Elliott following Vegas incident

Editor's note: This story has been updated since originally published.

HONOLULU -- Frank Salzano, one of Ezekiel Elliott's agents, said Saturday the Cowboys running back won't face criminal charges for an alleged assault that took place in Las Vegas on May 19.

Elliott pushed down Kyle Johnson, a security guard, while attending a music festival and was detained briefly by Las Vegas police. Elliott was released without further incident and apologized to the security guard. Johnson declined to press charges at that time, but later asked Las Vegas police to investigate the incident further and eventually filed a criminal complaint. Johnson said he didn't believe Elliott's apology was sincere.

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It prompted Elliott's lawyers Scott Rosenblum and Jason Lampert to release a statement saying they thought Johnson was trying to extort their client.

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"Over the course of the past several weeks, Mr. Elliott has been the target of extortion," Elliott's attorneys said last month in a statement. "Kyle Johnson's filing of a criminal complaint against Mr. Elliott in connection with the Las Vegas incident is the latest attempt to do so. Mr. Elliott and his team are in contact with all of the proper authorities and are fully cooperating with them in their investigations."

In police documents recently obtained by TMZ Sports, it was revealed Johnson's father apparently emailed Elliott's lawyers just days after the incident with a list of demands in order for the security guard to remain silent about the altercation.

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The list of demands included $500,000 cash, a public apology and a press conference with Elliott and Kyle, $25,000 for the junior college football team Johnson played for, and signed jerseys from Elliott, Amari Cooper and Dak Prescott, among other items.

NFL officials investigated the incident and determined no discipline would occur. It prompted Elliott to visit the NFL offices in New York to tell commissioner Roger Goodell what happened.

Now with the Las Vegas attorney's office declining to bring charges against Elliott, this incident appears to be over.