BREAKING: Panthers’ Damien Wilson is arrested on assault charge in Texas after ‘threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend with a tire iron before trying to run her over with his car’
- Panthers linebacker Damien Wilson was arrested in Texas last week after his ex-girlfriend accused him of threatening her life with a tire iron, it’s been revealed
- Frisco police told the Dallas Morning News 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 Morning News that after she broke up with Wilson, he arrived at her apartment threatening to kill her with a tire iron
- He also tried and failed to run her down with his car, she told the newspaper
- His attorney has denied the claim: ‘Wilson did not commit any type of assault’
Newly signed Carolina Panthers linebacker Damien Wilson was arrested in Frisco, Texas 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 Dallas Morning News on Tuesday that the 28-year-old Wilson faces a charge of assault with bodily injury of a family member.
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His ex-girlfriend, Ryan Sokolosky, told the Dallas Morning News that after she broke up with Wilson over his alleged infidelity, 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.
No animals were hurt during the incident, which took place on Friday.
He then tried and failed to run her over with his car, said Sokolosky, who gave the Morning News permission to use her name.
Through his attorney, Wilson has denied the allegations.
‘Damien Wilson did not commit any type of assault,’ attorney Toby Shook told the Morning News. ‘We look forward to all the facts coming out so his name can be cleared.’
Newly signed Panthers linebacker Damien Wilson was arrested in Frisco, Texas last week after his ex-girlfriend accused him of threatening her life with a tire iron, it was been revealed
The couple began dating in March of 2020, the Morning News is reporting. They eventually broke up but got back together in February, during which time she said he was affectionate and caring, often sending hand-written letters and flowers.
However, on Friday, she said she caught him cheating on her with another woman and went to his home to retrieve her belongings, she told the Morning News.
She later returned to her apartment with a female friend to find that Wilson was there and had damaged her patio. Sokolosky and her friend took her dogs and went back to her car, but Wilson soon emerged with a tire iron, threatening to kill her.
Sokolosky said Wilson chased her friend back into the apartment, where he began choking her.
He then emerged holding a blanket wrapped around something that he claimed to be her cat and began slamming it to the ground. The contents of the blanket turned out to actually be her laptop and not her cat.
Wilson was previously arrested in Frisco, Texas on assault charges in 2017 when he allegedly backed his pickup truck into a woman and threatened a man with a rifle. Wilson admitted to having ‘road rage,’ but a grand jury declined to indict him
‘I was screaming like I’m being skinned alive,’ Sokolosky told the morning news.
Wilson then tried to run her over in his car before speeding off, Sokolosky said.
She has since been granted a protective order against Wilson.
‘He thinks all of it’s a joke because he’s rich and thinks he’s going to get out of everything,’ she told the Morning News.
It is not yet known if Wilson has been bonded out of jail. The team is aware of Wilson’s arrest but did not offer further comment when contacted by the Morning News.
Wilson was drafted out of the University of Minnesota by the Cowboys in 2015 and played four seasons for the Cowboys before winning a Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs at the end of the 2019 season. He played for the Jacksonville Jaguars last season before signing a deal with the Panthers last month.
He was previously arrested in Texas on assault charges in 2017 when he allegedly backed his pickup truck into a woman and threatened a man with a rifle. Wilson admitted to having ‘road rage,’ but a grand jury declined to indict him.
Wilson was drafted out of the University of Minnesota by the Cowboys in 2015 and played four seasons for the Cowboys before winning a Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs at the end of the 2019 season. He played for the Jacksonville Jaguars last season (pictured) before signing a deal with the Panthers last month