Jun 25th 2008 9:20AM by Josh Alper (author feed)
Filed under: Broncos, AFC West, Denver, NFL Police BlotterYesterday Brandon Marshall got himself dragged into an unsavory situation thanks to shoddy journalism. Today he’s there because of his own actions. The , via , reports this morning that the Bronco receiver was arrested for misdemeanor battery in Atlanta on March 6th after a complaint from his girlfriend.
Rasheedah Watley, 24, filed an affidavit in Fulton County Magistrate Court on March 5 claiming that a day earlier Marshall hit her in the mouth and left eye, leaving her with, according to the criminal warrant, “visible marks above the eye and a laceration on her top and bottom lip. It was the third arrest in less than a year for Marshall, the second for domestic violence and he’s had a couple of other instances where charges weren’t filed. No formal charges have been filed yet in this case, either. The arrest came 16 days before Marshall badly injured his arm in the McDonald’s bag slip/wrestling match with his brother.

Marshall could face discipline from the league under the Personal Conduct Policy. The trifecta in one year would not work in his favor, and could face more of an issue if the arrests were concealed. Pacman Jones got in more trouble by hiding his run-ins with the law from the NFL. A spokesman for the NFL said they are looking into the arrest right now but didn’t indicate when the league was made aware of it.Continue Reading