MOBILE — A Mobile County man accused of inciting a brawl in front of an Auburn University fraternity house is back in jail in Lee County, accused of bribing a mentally disabled man to admit stabbing victims in the melee.
Joey Barrett Jr., 25, a cage fighter from Irvington, is being held without bail on assault, bribery and witness-tampering charges, sheriff's officials said. He had been released after a mistrial.
Barrett's father, Joey Barrett Sr. told the Press-Register in Mobile that his son is being ``railroaded'' by prosecutors. He declined further comment.
Trial is set for Oct. 20.
The fight broke out in front of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity house on the eve of the 2005 Alabama-Auburn football game. Three fraternity members were stabbed.
Testimony at Barrett's 2006 trial indicated that Barrett incited the altercation when he and two other men walked down the street in front of the fraternity shouting, among other things, ``Roll Tide.''
Barrett's attorney told jurors Louie Lotz of Mobile would testify that he stabbed the fraternity members in self-defense after getting caught up in the fracas. But Lotz never testified and the allegation led Circuit Judge Jacob Walker to declare a mistrial. Lotz was never charged.
A grand jury in January indicted Barrett Jr., charging him with bribing Lotz and conspiring with other defense witnesses to lie under oath. His bond was revoked, and he was booked into the Lee County jail in June.
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