{"id":135512,"date":"2026-02-16T21:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T21:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/135512\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T21:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T21:34:09","slug":"cleveland-browns-star-safety-ronnie-hickman-jumped-by-group-at-trendy-lower-east-side-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/135512\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Browns\u00a0star safety Ronnie Hickman jumped by group at trendy Lower East Side hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cleveland Browns star safety Ronnie Hickman was jumped by a crew of thugs at a trendy Lower East Side hotel Monday, law enforcement sources told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>Hickman, 24 \u2014 a New Jersey native who just finished a breakout season as a starter for the Browns \u2014 was approached by four goons in the lobby of the SIXTY LES hotel on Allen Street in Manhattan shortly after 4:30 a.m. and a dispute broke out, police and sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Cops are investigating whether the gridiron safety\u2019s attackers recognized him as playing for the Cleveland NFL team, sources said.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38508114\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/newspress-collage-umrzq3zrr-1771267075814.jpg\" alt=\"An image collage containing 1 images, Image 1 shows Cleveland Browns safety Ronnie Hickman (33) raising his arms with smoke around him during player introductions\" class=\"wp-image-38508114\"  \/>Cleveland Browns safety Ronnie Hickman was jumped by four goons in the lobby of the SIXTY LES hotel.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects slugged Hickman and took off.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL star \u2014 a onetime Ohio State standout who graduated from De Paul Catholic High School in Passaic, NJ \u2014 was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition before being released.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSafety Ronnie Hickman was a victim of assault early Monday morning at a New York City hotel,\u201d the Browns said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRonnie was treated for minor injuries at an area hospital after the incident, was later released, and is home resting with his family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police have not announced any arrests in the attack. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50588235;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38509933\" width=\"888\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-16-26-real-estate-121501476.jpg\" alt=\"Exterior of the SIXTY LES hotel in Manhattan with loading\/unloading zone signs outside.\" class=\"wp-image-38509933\"  \/>The four suspects approached Hickman in the Lower East Side hotel at about 4:30 a.m. Monday morning. Gregory P. Mango for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Hickman joined the Browns in 2023 after going undrafted in that year\u2019s NFL draft and remains on the team\u2019s roster.<\/p>\n<p>After a breakout 2025 season, he is due to become a restricted free agent when the filing deadline kicks in next month but is widely expected to re-sign with the Browns for a projected contract between $7 million to $8 million a season.<\/p>\n<p>Hotel staff declined to comment to The Post on the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Additional reporting by Greg Carlton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cleveland Browns star safety Ronnie Hickman was jumped by a crew of thugs at a trendy Lower East&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[357,2673,358,57,9,24,55,54,22,56,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-135512","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-assaults","9":"tag-cleveland-browns","10":"tag-lower-east-side","11":"tag-metro","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","15":"tag-new-york-city-news","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}