Raiders coach Cable is glad for not to be charged

The Oakland Raiders Coach Tom Cable said Friday that he was thankful for the district attorney’s decision of not charging him for alleged assault. It was the first comment he made since learning the attorney’s decision.

Napa County district attorney Gary Lieberstein made the decision Thursday and cited there was inconsistencies in Randy Hanson’s story that were not corroborated by the three assistant coaches in the room at the time.

“I’m obviously very thankful that the authorities did the thoroughness that they did in terms of getting the facts and all that,” Cable said. “I never let it become a distraction because as I mentioned many times, I just had a lot of faith. I knew what happened.”

Hanson has alleged that Cable assaulted and threatened to kill him at a meeting at the team’s training camp hotel in Napa on Aug. 5 after he was treated for a broken jaw. But other Raiders assistant coaches, including John Marshall, Lionel Washington and Willie Brown told investigators that Cable did not punch Hanson or make any verbal threats.