Georgia wide receiver Colbie Young was arrested Tuesday on charges of battery and assault on an unborn child. Athens-Clarke County jail records show Young was booked at 4:18 a.m.
on the misdemeanor charges. A police report obtained by The Associated Press said his arrest followed an altercation with a 20-year-old woman who described herself to police as Young’s ex-girlfriend and told officers she went to Young’s apartment “to speak about their relationship.” She said the discussion became heated “after she found out he was on the phone with another woman.
” The woman told police Young “physically pulled her out of his room” and also “grabbed her from behind” and “picked her up and began to squeeze her torso and abdomen very hard.” The woman told police she believed Young “was trying to harm her.” The arresting officer said Young denied being responsible for a bruise, discoloration and redness the officer found on the woman and denied grabbing her.
Young’s attorney, Kim Stephens, told the AP in a statement Young did not harm the woman. “Colbie Young was arrested last night after he asked his ex-girlfriend to leave his apartment,” Stephens said. “He did not make any physical contact with her in any way that could ever be considered a crime.
I expect Mr. Young to be fully exonerated once our investigation is complete and the truth revealed.” Young, a senior from Binghamton, New York, transferred to Georgia following two seasons at Miami.
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