Panthers' Damien Wilson is arrested on assault charge in Texas

Newly signed Carolina Panthers linebacker Damien Wilson was arrested in Frisco, last week after his ex-girlfriend accused him of threatening her life with a tire iron, it's been revealed.

Frisco Police Sargent Stephen Byrom told the on Tuesday that the 28-year-old Wilson faces a charge of assault with bodily injury of a family member.

His ex-girlfriend, Ryan Sokolosky, told the Dallas Morning News that after she broke up with Wilson, he arrived at her apartment threatening to kill her with a tire iron. Furthermore, she claims he wrapped her laptop in a blanket and broke it, telling Sokolosky that it was actually her cat.

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