Some details have emerged regarding the arrest of Rutgers star wide receiver Leonte Carroo.
According to the Bergen Record, a criminal complaint filed in Piscataway, N.J., Carroo “picked up and slammed” a woman with whom he had been romantically involved on “a concrete surface.” The alleged incident occurred Saturday night after Rutgers’ loss to Washington State outside the Hale Center, the team’s training center.
The woman suffered injuries to “her left hip, both palms, left elbow and left side of the head,” the complaint says. According to The Record’s report, “a fight between two women” sparked the altercation.
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According to multiple reports, one of the women involved worked for the Rutgers football program in recruiting.
One of the women involved in the altercation outside the Hale Center that resulted in the arrest of wide receiver Leonte Carroo worked for the Rutgers football program as a recruiting ambassador, two people with direct knowledge of the incident told NJ Advance Media.
Additionally, The Daily Targum, Rutgers'student newspaper, said the woman is a "hostess for incoming recruits."
The incident reportedly began with an argument between two women acquainted with Carroo, one of which is employed by Rutgers Athletics as a hostess for incoming recruits on game days and at other events, a source close to the team who claims to have witnessed the incident told the Targum.
The person requested anonymity due to the ongoing investigation.
When the altercation became physical, word allegedly got back to Carroo. While players and coaches urged him not to leave the locker room, the source said he rushed outside to intervene.
Carroo, an All-Conference caliber player, was charged earlier this week with domestic violence and released on bail. Scarlet Knights coach Kyle Flood indefinitely suspended him from the program on Sunday and indicated that he does not expect to have Carroo available for Saturday night’s game at Penn State.
According to NJ.com, Flood said Tuesday that Carroo’s status with the team has not changed.
Six players have been dismissed from the Rutgers program in the past two weeks alone. Several other former players have been in trouble with the law in recent weeks.
This is Carroo’s second suspension of the season. The senior was suspended for the first half of the season opener due to a curfew violation. Despite missing half of a game, Carroo leads the Scarlet Knights in all receiving categories with seven catches for 181 yards and three touchdowns.
In his career, the 6-foot-1, 215-pound Carroo has totaled 90 catches for 1,745 yards and 22 scores.
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