Former University of Central Florida wide receiver and New England Patriots practice squad player J.J Worton was arrested Saturday for assault, according to CBS Boston.
“Foxboro Police charged the rookie wide receiver with two counts of indecent assault and battery on a person aged 14 and over and one count of assault and battery,” CBS reported.
Police arrived to Waxy O’ Connor’s Irish Pub due to an assault report at around 1 a.m. where witnesses said two men accosted two women, assaulted a man and then fled the scene in a grey sedan, according to CBS.
CBS reported that Worton was one of the men in the vehicle.
Police told CBS “he confessed to being picked up at Waxy’s after an incident.”
According to the police report retrieved by CBS Boston, Worton told police he “accidentally brushed against one of the women when leaving the bar.” When he tried to run away he said the woman’s boyfriend confronted him, “whom he said he punched in the face in order to defend himself.”
“The two female victims from the bar identified Worton as the man who had assaulted them, and he was arrested,” CBS reported.
Worton signed with the New England Patriots on Jan. 11.
Photo credit:Foxboro Police Department. Retrieved by CBS Boston.
