Hearing for 49ers’ Foster delayed while prosecutors review evidence

SAN JOSE — Reuben Foster’s plea hearing on Monday was delayed until May 8 so prosecutors can continue to review a key piece of evidence, a video that purportedly shows his girlfriend fighting with a woman on a street less than 48 hours before the 49ers linebacker was arrested in February.

Meanwhile, Superior Court Judge Nona Klippen on Monday dismissed a misdemeanor ammunition charge against Foster for the high-capacity magazine police found in his Los Gatos home on Feb. 11. That move was expected. A law banning the magazine in California is currently blocked by a federal court injunction.

Foster, 24, still faces charges of domestic violence with an allegation that he inflicted great bodily injury, forcefully attempted to prevent a victim from reporting a crime and possessed an assault weapon — all felonies. The charge of preventing a victim from reporting a crime often is applied when someone removes or damages someone’s cellphone to prevent them from calling police.

Foster was in court Monday. He rose from the front row when his case was called but did not speak, then left without speaking to the media.

His case seemed to take a major turn earlier this month when the alleged victim, who identified herself as Elissa Ennis, 28, said she initially lied to police and that the bruises and ruptured eardrum she suffered weren’t caused by Foster, but came from a fight with a woman.

A video that shows a portion of a fight involving two women was given to the Santa Clara County district attorney’s office last week and prosecutors continue to examine it.

The video is believed to show Ennis, following a road rage-type incident in or near San Francisco, fighting with a woman. Blows are exchanged in the video and the unidentified woman appears to grab Ennis’ left ear, the one that was ruptured.