49ers linebacker Reuben Foster released after arrest
The San Francisco 49ers released linebacker Reuben Foster on Sunday morning, hours after he was arrested at the team hotel in Tampa, Florida, on charges of domestic violence. The team sent out a one-sentence release Sunday morning saying it had cut Foster.
The 24-year-old Foster was charged with one count of first degree misdemeanor domestic violence. Tampa Police spokeswoman Janelle McGregor said a woman told police Foster slapped her phone out of her hand, pushed her in the chest area and slapped her with an open hand on the right side of her face. McGregor said officers observed a one-inch scratch on the accuser’s left collarbone.
49ers general manager John Lynch and coach Kyle Shanahan said in April:
“We can promise you guys, if there’s someone who ever hits their significant other, girlfriends, some person like that, that person is not going to be on our team,” Shanahan said in April. “I feel strongly about that. I know John does. I know our ownership does. That’s how we feel about it.”
Foster has had multiple run-ins with the law since being drafted by the 49ers in 2017. Foster was charged in January in Alabama with second-degree marijuana possession. That charge was eventually dismissed after he completed a first-time offender diversion course. Foster then faced more serious charges for an incident in California in February. He was initially charged in April with felonies for domestic violence, making criminal threats and weapons possession after being accused of beating up his ex-girlfriend.
Foster was suspended the first two games of this season for violating the NFL’s conduct and substance-abuse policies.
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