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REPORT: Louisville Football Player Lovie Jenkins Accused Of Attacking His Girlfriend

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Louisville football player Lovie Jenkins has been arrested after an alleged incident involving his girlfriend.

According to the Courier Journal, Jenkins has been charged with fourth-degree assault and first-degree criminal mischief after an alleged incident over the weekend with his girlfriend. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)

 

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The defensive back is accused of kicking through a locked door and throwing the unnamed victim to the ground and into a wall, according to the same report.

The Cardinals have suspended Jenkins as the process plays out.

 

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Obviously, Jenkins has every right in the world to be presumed innocent until proven otherwise in a court of law. That’s the system we have in America.

However, I think it’s also fair to say you won’t be seeing him on a football field anytime soon. There’s no way the Cardinals will play him as long as he has an open case involving allegedly attacking a woman ongoing.

That’d be a PR nightmare for the program.

 

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We’ll see how it all shakes out for Jenkins, but this is a serious situation. It’s far from a minor slap on the wrist, and the school is clearly taking it very seriously.