Florida State starting running back Karlos Williams is being investigated by the Tallahassee Police Department for domestic battery.
The alleged battery was reported to Tallahassee police on Saturday, the TPD said in a statement Monday. FSU said in a statement that it is aware of the investigation and that Williams’ status with the team is under review while gathering more information.
Williams’ pregnant girlfriend posted photos and messages indicating she was a victim of domestic violence on Friday evening.
The woman, who has a son with Williams, never specifically named Williams as the person who caused injuries to her arm.
“Domestic violence is never okay. I pray that these double standards one day vanish &everyone see your true colors,” the woman wrote in a Tweet posted late Friday.
The woman wrote in a Facebook post late Friday that the alleged incident occurred earlier in the week.
SFSN.tv was the first to post the woman’s Facebook update, but she also displayed three photos with bruises on her arm on her public Twitter account.
Jacksonville radio personality Rick Ballou reported on Twitter Friday that Williams was suspended for a violation of team rules, but then apologized after FSU “higher ups” called to inform him he was wrong.
Fisher called Ballou’s report “false” and that it was “about as far from the truth there is.”
The Orlando Sentinel learned through FSU that the rumored suspension was not related to the alleged domestic battery.
“It’s funny how, that guy, who’s a tremendous kid, I don’t even know where that would come from,” Fisher said Friday when asked about Williams’ suspension. “It kind of caught me off guard, like, ‘Whoa’. I don’t have no problem about [the question]. Karlos has been wonderful.”
Tallahassee police spokesperson David Northway told the Sentinel Monday morning that there were “no records matching” an inquiry for an incident report or arrest record involving Williams.
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