Vast receiver Kadarius Toney was arrested final week in Georgia on two counts, based on on-line data.
Toney was booked in a Douglas County (Georgia) facility on Feb. 6 on counts of aggravated assault — strangulation and obstructing/harassing 911 calls. A choose set a bail of $25,000 on every depend.
Information present Toney was not in custody on Feb. 7.
TMZ Sports activities, citing police paperwork, reported that on Jan. 14, Toney allegedly put his hand round a girl’s throat and squeezed “with sufficient pressure to trigger her to be unable to [breathe].” Purple marks have been noticed on the girl’s neck, and petechial hemorrhaging was observed in her eyes.
Toney additionally allegedly took the girl’s cellphone to stop her from calling authorities.
In line with 911 audio obtained by TMZ Sports activities, the girl known as authorities from a neighbor’s residence in Douglasville, Georgia. She stated she was seven months pregnant and stated Toney was her boyfriend. She additionally stated she was holding her daughter on the time of the alleged assault.
Toney, 26, appeared in three video games for the Cleveland Browns final season earlier than he was launched in December following a taunting penalty and a muffed punt in a loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
A 2021 first-round choose by the New York Giants, he was traded to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in the course of the 2022 season. He had a key punt return within the fourth quarter of Tremendous Bowl LVII that helped ship the Chiefs a 38-35 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. The Chiefs hoped he may turn out to be their No. 1 huge receiver in 2023, however that by no means developed, and he was inactive for all 4 playoff video games that season as Kansas Metropolis received back-to-back championships.
