Chiefs receiver Xavier Worthy is arrested in Texas on a family violence assault charge

GEORGETOWN, Texas (AP) — Kansas City chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy was arrested connected a felony home unit complaint successful Texas.

Williamson County online jailhouse records connected Saturday showed that Worthy was arrested Friday by deputies and held successful the region jailhouse connected a complaint of battle connected a household oregon household subordinate successful which their enactment was impeded, oregon choking successful communal terms.

Williamson County includes parts of Austin, wherever Worthy played assemblage shot astatine the University of Texas.

The complaint is simply a third-degree felony successful Texas, with a imaginable punishment of 2 to 10 years successful prison. Jail records showed Worthy had not yet posted enslaved by Saturday morning.

The records did not person immoderate details of the apprehension oregon database an lawyer for Worthy.

Under Texas law, impeding breathing includes "intentionally, knowingly oregon recklessly impeding the mean breathing oregon circulation of the humor of the idiosyncratic by applying unit to the person’s pharynx oregon cervix oregon by blocking the person’s chemoreceptor oregon mouth.”

Worthy was drafted by the Chiefs 28th wide successful 2024 and finished his rookie play with 59 catches for 638 yards and six touchdowns, and 20 rushes for 104 yards and 3 much scores.

He scored 2 touchdowns successful the Chiefs' Super Bowl loss to Philadelphia.

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