Disgraced NFL star Greg Hardy arrested for ᴀssaulting a family member

Disgraced NFL star Greg Hardy arrested for ᴀssaulting a family member

Greg Hardy, the former NFL defensive end who became a UFC fighter, was arrested in Texas on Wednesday for allegedly ᴀssaulting a family member.

According to TMZ, Hardy will remain behind bars until Thursday morning, when he will see a judge and bond is expected to be set.

He was taken into custody at 2:29pm, the publication adds, with his charge recorded as ‘ᴀssault causes bodily injury family family member’.

Otherwise, further details over precisely what Hardy is alleged to have done before cops were alerted have not been released. 

The 36-year-old Hardy has been in trouble with the law before. He was convicted in July 2014 of ᴀssaulting and threatening a woman who contended the 6-foot-4, 275-pounder threw her in a bathtub and onto a sofa covered with guns before threatening to kill her. 

He appealed, and prosecutors in North Carolina eventually dismissed domestic violence charges in February 2015, saying the accuser in the case couldn’t be found. The court heard the woman had reached a civil settlement with Hardy.

Greg Hardy, the former NFL defensive end, has been arrested in Texas for ᴀssault

Greg Hardy, the former NFL defensive end, has been arrested in Texas for ᴀssault

After his football career came to an end, Hardy turned to UFC and boxing

After his football career came to an end, Hardy turned to UFC and boxing

He was also arrested on a cocaine possession charge in Dallas in 2016.

Hardy played in the NFL from 2010 until 2015. He made the Pro Bowl in 2013, recording 13 sacks for the Carolina Panthers, who drafted him in the sixth round of the  

In 2016, Hardy turned to mixed martial arts and won a contract from Dana White to fight in the UFC in 2018.

‘I’ve grown in every way possible and the people around me have helped me do that,’ Hardy said in January 2019. 

He last fought in late 2024, getting emphatically beaten by Russian boxer Alexey Papin, who had an 18-1 record before the bout.

‘I came to Russia Alone on short notice to fight a monster with 18 wins and tested my metal,’ Hardy wrote on Instagram. ‘Got two knock downs and went toe toe. 

‘I don’t take easy fights, I don’t fight fake fights. I fight real killers and sometimes the price is high but I will pay it to become the best no? Thank you to everyone that helped me get to this point.’

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