Police has revealed that National Football League (NFL) side Arizona Cardinals' running back Jonathan Avery Dwyer head-butted his wife and broke her nose after she refused him sex, and punched her in the face the next day.
The details of the incident surfaced in a law enforcement report a day after Dwyer was arrested on aggravated assault charges and deactivated from all team activities. The American running back spent a night in jail and made a brief court appearance before being released early Thursday.
Dwyer was reportedly released on a 25,000-dollars bond. He mumbled something to reporters, and also said that he would play football again, CBS News reported.
The Arizona Cardinals' player then got into a taxi and was driven away.
Dwyer was arrested Wednesday for investigation in two altercations that occurred on July 21 and 22 at his Phoenix residence. His wife left the state after the incidents, but came forward a week ago after Dwyer apparently sent suicidal text messages including a photo of a knife.
In the first encounter, police said that Dwyer attempted to kiss and undress his wife, but she refused. Someone who heard the argument reported the assault to police, who showed up at the apartment but did not make an arrest.
The police also said that Dwyer hid in a bathroom and the wife denied that he was in the home because the running back threatened to kill himself in front of her and their child if she told police about the assault.
The next day, Dwyer punched his wife with a closed fist on the left side of her face, according to police. He also punched walls and threw a shoe at his 17-month-old son, who was not injured.
The arrest came at a time when the NFL and its commissioner are under fire over a series of violent off-the-field encounters involving some of the league's marquee players, including Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson and Greg Hardy. The Cardinals have deactivated Dwyer from all team activities, the report added.
