Bears running back Benson works out with teammates

0 Comments | AFP, May, 2008

LAKE FOREST, Illinois (AFP) — Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson, who is battling charges of drunk boating, worked out with his National Football League teammates here on Wednesday.

Benson was arrested on May 3 in Austin, Texas, and charged not only with boating while intoxicated but also with resisting arrest.

The fourth-year running back has disputed those charges, saying he wasn't drunk and didn't resist.

Benson repeated his denials on Wednesday.

"It'll be nice to get it cleared up and over with, but I don't really spend too much time thinking about it at all," Benson said. "I'm sticking to my story, and the truth will come out some time, whether it'll be now or a year from now or whenever."

Benson did take issue with previous...