David Terrell Arrested: Former Bears Receiver Busted On Domestic Battery Charge

CHICAGO (AP) — Former Chicago Bears player David Terrell is being held on $10,000 bond for a domestic battery charge.

Court documents allege he grabbed his ex-girlfriend during an argument inside his high-rise Chicago apartment and threatened to throw her off a balcony. The 33-year-old was charged with misdemeanor domestic battery and appeared in court Saturday.

Terrell's attorney declined to comment, saying his client is innocent. Terrell was arrested Friday.

Chicago police say the woman checked into a Chicago hospital after leaving Terrell's apartment and contacted police.

Terrell, who played for the University of Michigan, was drafted by the Bears in 2001. The wide receiver played four seasons with the Bears and one with the Denver Broncos. He finished his career with 128 receptions and 9 touchdowns.

He's due in court April 30.

Comments

[banker67]

09:36 PM on 05/05/2012

Not to appear cynical, but it seems like the overwhelming majority of stories about arrested millionaire athletes are about non-white players.

By contrast, when was the last time you read a 'follow-up' story on Sandusky, Penn State's alleged resident child molester? When the Sandusky story broke, American icon Joe Paterno, the mysteriously 'disappeared' ex-prosecutor and the GOP governor of Pennsylvania were huge parts of that story.

Paterno is gone, but how do editors decide that it's not really newsworthy when a sitting GOP governor lobbies and long and hard to pay $3 million tax dollars to the man accused of molesting children at Penn State over the past 20 years or so?

Are the governor's obvious ties to Sandusky not newsworthy? How about all the powerful, wealthy men who got free tickets to Penn State football games from Sandusky? What's happened to the Penn State administrators alleged to have ignored Sandusky's transgressions to preserve the university's football cash flow? How could their trials not be big news in Pennsylvania?

PR forever!

I'm sure I saw at least 30,000 comments on that story, but now it seems nothing whatever is happening there that is worthy of Big Media note.

[Hobay]

02:07 PM on 04/16/2012

At least he doesn't publicly express his religion on the playing field, ala Tim Tebow. That would be intolerable, and draw 2500 comments here.

[Wow Unbelievable]

09:03 AM on 04/16/2012

Just one more outstanding sports figure for our kids to look up to.

[1oldhippie]

08:04 AM on 04/16/2012

WHO?

[sunshine2446]

04:48 AM on 04/16/2012

Guys, stop hitting the ladies. Walk away from the heated situation, take a 10 minutes time-out to cool down because if you don't, than you might ended up doing the time.

[omensofaries]

12:32 AM on 04/16/2012

All those charges are false. No Bears player, past, present or future can do wrong.

[slxtr23]

02:04 AM on 04/16/2012

Now pull your head out of your a** and live in the real world and yes I am a HUGE Bears fan.

[stdman]

10:15 PM on 04/15/2012

i wish the comments had a like or dislike button....i would use it often!

[a2948]

09:37 PM on 04/15/2012

He thinks he is still playing football and needs something to throw.

[dhendric]

09:29 PM on 04/15/2012

Ironic......he could never beat the secondary.......

[davidspeicher]

09:27 PM on 04/15/2012

So he is guilty like Zimmerman?

[Hobay]

02:08 PM on 04/16/2012

Nope, but at least he'll see a judge w/o a public uproar.

[Dr Confuso]

08:07 PM on 04/15/2012

African/American football players seem to have a penchant for beating on women and in some cases, murdering them. Whats with that?

[CANTHATBE]

08:48 PM on 04/15/2012

Racist much. Baseball players, Hockey players, Military, Wall Street Executives. Preachers. Work around any emerigency room and it is all types..

[LeftRightCenter]

08:48 PM on 04/15/2012

so do white anglo saxon foootball players. wtf is w/that?

[Wapitibowhunters]

07:33 PM on 04/15/2012

If this thug had a white GF this would not even be news.

[mmwwil]

02:14 AM on 04/16/2012

this is a rich spoiled brat. If he is broke, but , remember he still thinks like a rich spoiled brat who has always gotten his way. He is not a thug. A thug does various crimes , whatever suits his fancy. Rich men beat their wives, girl friends; more often than ,most people know.. I have seen it all. They too are just rich spoiled people who usually gets their i way. Know the differernce. Between thugery, and spoiled people/brats

[philliplojek]

07:15 PM on 04/15/2012

I would like to see a numbers breakdown of athletes' arrests based on sport played and race. Maybe then we would see any tendencies and the problems can be addressed.

[jackwirenutz55]

06:48 PM on 04/15/2012

More National Felons League.... what a joke...

[Tim Siebel]

06:41 PM on 04/15/2012

More of the same. LOL