Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Rashod Bateman was arrested in June and faces three charges, including family violence, after allegedly breaking the windshield of a car carrying his 3-month-old daughter and her mother, according to court documents obtained by The Athletic on Friday.<\/p>\n
The arrest warrant alleges Bateman broke the glass of the windshield and driver\u2019s side door of a 2021 Mercedes-Benz in an incident on June 3, causing cuts to the mother\u2019s face from shattered glass, while their daughter was in a car seat in the passenger row. The warrant said the woman\u2019s face was also bruised, which she told authorities was caused during the initial dispute at the couple\u2019s home in Monroe, Ga.<\/p>\n
The warrant said broken glass was found in the daughter\u2019s hair. It also alleged Bateman tried to puncture one of the car\u2019s tires with a screwdriver.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is unfortunate that a personal family situation has been taken completely out of context for sensational reasons,\u201d Jordan Siev, Bateman\u2019s lawyer, said in a statement. \u201cWe will let the court process play out, and the facts will come out at that time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bateman, 26, was charged with battery-family violence (first offense), reckless conduct and first-degree criminal damage to property. The first two are misdemeanors, and the third charge is a felony. He was released on $8,000 bond and ordered to have no contact with the alleged victim. Bateman later requested to have that order removed, and with the woman\u2019s approval, it was modified to a \u201cno violent contact\u201d order, court documents show.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are aware of the situation involving Rashod and have been in direct communication with him,\u201d the Ravens said in a statement. \u201cWe notified the league office and have been cooperating throughout the process. As this is a pending legal matter, we will not have further comment.\u201d<\/p>\n
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said the league is reviewing the situation.<\/p>\n
Bateman could face discipline under the NFL\u2019s personal-conduct policy. Violations of the policy involving family violence carry a baseline suspension of six games, with potential adjustments based on mitigating or aggravating factors. One aggravating factor listed in the policy is when an act is committed toward or in the presence of a child.<\/p>\n
Bateman has struggled with injuries and on-field inconsistency since being selected by the Ravens in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n
He finished last season with just 19 catches for 224 yards and two touchdowns in 13 games. That came after his long-awaited breakout season in 2024, in which he caught 45 balls for 756 yards and nine touchdowns and also scored in both of Baltimore\u2019s postseason games.<\/p>\n
Bateman did not take part in the voluntary organized team activities open to reporters in March and early June, but both head coach Jesse Minter and offensive coordinator Declan Doyle said the wide receiver had been in the building throughout the offseason.<\/p>\n
When Bateman spoke to reporters for the first time in training camp Aug. 6, he spoke excitedly about fatherhood and how it has changed him.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the best thing that\u2019s ever happened to me,\u201d Bateman said. \u201cI love my little girl so much. She\u2019s changed me a lot. Yes, I would definitely say she changed my life for the better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Rashod Bateman was arrested in June and faces three charges, including family violence, after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8849,4,450,451,3,349,452,453],"class_list":["post-821684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}