New particulars surrounding the arrest of Texas males’s basketball coach Chris Beard have emerged that reveal the second-year Longhorns coach was arrested early Monday morning following a bodily altercation together with his fiancée wherein he allegedly “choked” the lady, in keeping with court docket paperwork.
Beard, 49, was arrested Monday and charged with assault on a household/family member impeding breath circulation, a third-degree felony, after Austin Police obtained a 911 name for a disturbance simply after midnight.
Christopher Michael Beard, 49,is charged with assault on a member of the family, a third-degree felony.
(Austin Police Dept)
Court docket information obtained by KXAN revealed {that a} lady, recognized as Beard’s fiancée, advised police that she and Beard had been coping with relationship points when a verbal argument ensued after she took his studying glasses and broke them.
TEXAS MEN’S BASKETBALL COACH CHRIS BEARD ARRESTED ON ASSAULT CHARGE
She advised police “he simply snapped on me and have become tremendous violent,” including that Beard “choked me, threw me away from bed, bit me, bruises throughout my leg, throwing me round, and going nuts,” in keeping with a court docket affidavit.
The lady additionally advised regulation enforcement that she couldn’t breathe after Beard allegedly put his arm throughout her neck whereas behind her. The affidavit described her accidents as a chew mark on her arm, a minimize to her face and thumb and a scrape on her leg, which she attributed to Beard.
Texas Longhorns head coach Chris Beard in the course of the Illinois Combating Illini recreation at Madison Sq. Backyard on Dec. 6, 2022, in New York Metropolis.
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Beard reportedly advised police that he had audio recordings proving he wasn’t the “major aggressor” however declined to supply them when requested, in keeping with KXAN.
The College of Texas introduced late Tuesday that Beard had been suspended with out pay following his arrest.
“The College takes issues of interpersonal violence involving members of its group critically. Given the data obtainable, The College has suspended Chris Beard from his place as head coach of Males’s Basketball and can withhold his pay till additional discover,” the college stated in an announcement, through ESPN.
Texas Longhorns head coach Chris Beard at Madison Sq. Backyard on Dec. 6, 2022, in New York Metropolis.
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Beard was launched from the Travis County Jail on Monday afternoon. His legal professional denied the costs in an announcement to the Austin American-Statesman.
“Coach Beard is 100% harmless of those costs. He ought to by no means have been arrested. The complainant desires him launched instantly and all costs dismissed. It’s really inconceivable.”
