Former NFL Star Warren Sapp Arrested for Misdemeanor Domestic Battery | IXGAMES

Warren Sapp, the former University of Miami and Tampa Bay Buccaneers star, was arrested just recently in Miami on charges of misdemeanor domestic battery. Details of the alleged incident The incident allegedly occurred at the Shore Club Hotel in Miami Beach on a Saturday morning. The complainant told the police that she, along with her friends, was partying with Sapp. When she became tired, she asked him for his room key. She claims that Sapp woke her up a few hours later and questioned her about men she listed on her cell phone. An argument later ensued wherein she alleged that the former NFL star choked her and pushed her down. In her affidavit, the woman also added that Sapp grabbed her by her shirt, then her neck, and threw her down on the couch again. She further alleges that Sapp sent her a text message that said, “You whore.” Though he concedes that he gave this woman his room key and that she was in his room, Sapp claims that there was no fight. He told detectives that he let the woman stay in his room but only for a few hours because he was expecting company after. When he woke up the woman and asked her to leave, Sapp said she fell on her leg as he was trying to help her get off the couch. Miami Beach police spokesman Juan Sanchez revealed that the incident was reported to the police around noon of the same day. Detectives interviewed Sapp a few hours later, eventually charging him with one count of misdemeanor domestic battery. He was taken to Miami-Dade County jail that evening. The arrest affidavit reportedly states that the victim had bruises on her neck and a swollen knee. She was taken to Mount Sinai Medical Center after the incident for treatment. The former NFL player is expected to appear before a Miami-Dade County judge on Sunday. NFL Network’s decision In an e-mail to the Associated Press, NFL Network spokesman Dennis Johnson relayed the NFL Network’s decision to pull Sapp from their Super Bowl XLIV coverage on Sunday in light of the allegations. The statement from the network says that they have been “made aware of the arrest of Warren Sapp by the Miami Beach Police Department” and that “Warren Sapp will not appear on NFL Network while we review the matter.” Currently, Sapp is temporarily suspended while the case is ongoing. Sapp is an analyst for Showtime’s Inside the NFL aside from his commentating role on NFL Network’s Game Day Morning show. Before his retirement in 2008, he won a Super Bowl ring in 2003 while being a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and was recently named to the NFL’s All-Decade team.