Xavier Worthy arrest: Chiefs star faces assault charge in Texas

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy was arrested connected Friday and booked connected battle charges.

According to jailhouse records from Williamson County, Texas, Worthy was arrested and charged with battle against a household oregon household subordinate by impeding their breathing oregon circulation.

"We are alert and gathering information”, the Chiefs said successful a connection Saturday morning.

That complaint is simply a third-degree felony successful Texas and is defined as "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."

It is punishable with a condemnation of 2 to 10 years successful jailhouse and/or a good not to transcend $10,000.

The 21-year-old Worthy, who played assemblage shot astatine the University of Texas, was selected with the No. 28 prime successful the 2024 NFL draught by the Chiefs after breaking the 40-yard dash record astatine the NFL Scouting Combine with a clip of 4.21 seconds.

He caught 59 passes for 638 yards and six touchdowns and rushed for 3 touchdowns successful his rookie season, adding 3 much touchdown catches successful the playoffs.

(This communicative has been updated to adhd caller information.)

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