Broncos' Jonathon Cooper pleads not guilty to domestic violence charges

Denver Broncos linebacker Jonathon Cooper pleaded not guilty to all charges related to his domestic violence case in a Colorado courtroom Monday. A jury is scheduled to begin Nov. 10, with a pretrial hearing set for Oct. 30.Cooper, 28, was initially arrested June 4 after police were called to his apartment following an altercation with his then-girlfriend. He was charged with domestic violence and misdemeanor criminal mischief. The charges were later upgraded to include felony second-degree assault by strangulation after a further review of the incident that included a report from a nurse who examined the woman the night of the initial incident. The nurse wrote in her report at the time the woman suffered “serious bodily injury” that was consistent with “strangulation with hypoxia” and “tr