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This is the transcript of the broadcast version that aired Wednesday night (June 25, 2008) exclusively on FOX31.

After, just two years in Denver, Bronco fans have become just as familiar with Brandon Marshall's headlines on the field, as they have off the field.

That includes three arrests in the last year and three months alone.

But today Marshall is sending the message he's ready to move on.

“I always ignored all the signs, and I didn’t want to listen to what people were saying. From the coaches to my teammates to my mom.”

After not heeding the warning signs, Bronco wide receiver Brandon Marshall is making headlines again with new today of his battery arrest from March 6.

It stems from an ongoing domestic dispute with his former girlfriend Rasheedah Watley. Marshall is adamant he’s never been abusive.

“I told her it’s time to move on and for me to move on and her exact words were I’m going to ruin you. So now it’s to the point where she is full steam ahead.” We talked today to Marshall and his lawyer Harvey Steinberg about Watley’s alleged history of aggression and her method of extortion in exchange for her silence.

“We have a letter that was sent to him and the Broncos in 06 where there is a demand for 500,000 dollars. In exchange for the 500,000 dollars there is a promise of confidentiality.

“If you’re a victim of a crime you’re a victim of a crime. You can’t say give me 100,000 dollars and I won’t tell the police.

Marshall answers the questions of why he never left Watley if she presented so many conflicts.

I tried to leave…I tried to walk out the house [and] everytime I tried to walk out the house she tries to yell and scream in the streets. Marshall and Steinberg played an example of her alleged phone rage. (See broadcast video of story)

Marshall feels getting his story out will help clear his name.

Josina Anderson: For the record, have you ever abused her or been violent towards her.

“I never put my hands on her. All I can do now is try to get out in front of it and prove to fans and the community I am aggressive on the field but I respect woman. [I] never once put my hands on her.”

But Marshall knows that his other issues with the law, including his October 2007 DUI arrest, have negatively impacted his image.

Josina Anderson: How to you reassure the fans this negative behavior has stopped?

“Well its time to mature. It’s time to grow up and start putting myself in better environments or surround myself with positive people.”

This was Marshall’s message to the fans.

“I can look you guys in the eyes or the camera, or I can tell you guys I am a good person. Like I said before, if you ever see me in the grocery store or the movie theater, you can always stop and talk to me.” \ Although Marshall told me that Watley has demanded money, rent, a car, and furniture, he is not inclined to file extortion charges on Watley.

As for why he's revealing all of this now, his lawyer Harvey Steinberg told me, he feels obligated to dispute what he calls one sided reports and articles.

Log on to myfoxcolorado.com and Josina Anderson's Denver Sports Insider's Blog for extended coverage on our exclusive interview.