Before LSU announced the suspension of football player Ray Parker Wednesday morning, the redshirt freshman defensive end was arrested in Baton Rouge on battery of a dating partner and simple
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Parker, 20, was arrested by LSU police and booked in jail around 8 a.m, according to an LSU Police Department arrest document. LSU coach Ed Orgeron announced Wednesday morning through a team spokesman that Parker was indefinitely suspended for violation of team rules.
Upon arrival, the document said, the victim stated she and Parker were involved in a dating relationship which lasted roughly a year.
The document said Parker came to the victim's residence at approximately 1 a.m. and engaged in a conversation with the victim. Parker then allegedly "became enraged during the conversation" and "began to destroy" the victim's apartment. He allegedly threw items around the room and destroyed the victim's phone, which the document stated was valued at $1,600.
Parker then allegedly pushed the victim into a dresser, the document said, leaving a scrape on her hip.
The LSU police officer observed the phone was completely shattered and appeared inoperable, the document said, and the report said the victim showed the officer the scrape on her hip "which appeared to be constant with her story."
The criminal damage to property is identified as a felony, according to the document. LSU athletes who are charged with felonies “will be immediately suspended from participation in intercollegiate athletics,” the LSU student-athlete handbook says.