The jury trial of former University of Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan for allegedly filing a false police report has been deferred for the third time because he is still being treated for a head injury from a 5-year-old traffic accident.
The trial was set to begin Monday before Circuit Judge Christine Kuriyama. However, it was again continued to April 11 because Brennan’s lawyer said the football player was in treatment, according to the prosecutor’s office.
In August, attorney Michael Green entered a not guilty plea for Brennan, who was not in District Court, to filing a false police report. Green requested a jury trial in Circuit Court. The trial was scheduled for Sept. 28, then postponed to Dec. 7 and rescheduled for Feb. 29.
Police said Brennan reported in June that his car had been stolen from his home. Police later found his car near a Kapiolani Boulevard bar. Officers looked at surveillance video and saw that Brennan was the one who parked the car and abandoned it.
In August, Green blamed the head injury from a 2010 vehicle crash for causing memory problems that led to the recent misdemeanor charge, punishable by up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $2,000.
In March 2014, Brennan told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser he had been diagnosed with a traumatic head injury. He said the condition was caused by the two-car crash on Nov. 19, 2010, on Hawaii island. Brennan, who was a passenger in one of the vehicles, was hospitalized for eight days with injuries to his head, ribs and collarbone.
In July 2013, Brennan pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol. He was fined $300. He had been pulled over in Kailua in 2012 for speeding, and police said he had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.17, more than twice the legal limit.
