Ex-NFL QB Rypien pleads not guilty to domestic violence charge


Reuters | Washington DC | Updated: 02-07-2019 00:44 IST | Created: 02-07-2019 00:40 IST
Ex-NFL QB Rypien pleads not guilty to domestic violence charge
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Former Super Bowl MVP Mark Rypien entered a not guilty plea Monday on a domestic violence charge involving his wife in Spokane, Wash. The incident occurred Sunday, when police said they were dispatched to an area near a bank where Rypien's wife was lying in the grass. A witness said she was complaining of stomach pains, allegedly from Rypien hitting her.

He was arrested on a charge of fourth-degree assault/domestic violence. Spokane NBC affiliate KHQ reported that Rypien, 56, told the court Monday he and his wife were arguing in the car and he "only hit his wife to remove her hands from his face" while he was driving. Rypien said he was just trying to see the road.

In March 2018, Rypien went public about his troubles and revealed that he once attempted suicide as a result of mental health issues he believes originated from his days of playing football. Rypien, who played collegiately at Washington State in Pullman, played 11 seasons in the NFL for the Washington Redskins (1988-1993), Cleveland Browns (1994), St. Louis Rams (1995, 1997), Philadelphia Eagles (1996) and Indianapolis Colts (2001). He passed for 18,473 yards, 115 touchdowns and 88 interceptions.

He was a two-time Pro Bowl player and the MVP of Super Bowl XXVI, where the Redskins beat the Buffalo Bills 37-24 in January 1992. 

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