FORMER NFL participant Austin Seferian-Jenkins has been arrested on a home violence cost.
The 29-year-old tight finish was charged with misdemeanor assault and felony harassment on Friday within the state of Washington.
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He’s nonetheless in police custody as of Saturday afternoon ET and awaiting bail, TMZ first reported.
No additional particulars on his arrest have been revealed.
Seferian-Jenkins, who first performed soccer on the College of Washington, has beforehand been arrested thrice for DUI costs.
The previous Buccaneers participant was a 2nd spherical draft choose and the thirty eighth total choose within the 2014 NFL Draft.
After enjoying with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for 2 seasons, Seferian-Jenkins was instantly launched from the group following his second DUI arrest, in keeping with Sports Illustrated.
He then went to the New York Jets in 2016 and to the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2018.
Seferian-Jenkins signed with the Patriots in 2019 however was launched earlier than ever enjoying with them; the group cited “private causes” as the premise for his departure.
The athlete has beforehand spoken of his substance abuse points, telling ESPN in 2017 that he “was depending on self-medicating himself so I may cope with s***.”
“As soon as I found out what was happening, I received assist. I went to the physician and figured every little thing out. I have been straight,” Seferian-Jenkins stated on the time.
“It is not like I am dying. It is not like I craved it, get up within the morning and I want a drink. It was similar to, I am having a troublesome time, I am coping with one thing, it is 6:30 p.m. and let’s crack one again.”
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