Lawrence Phillips Guilty of Assaulting Girlfriend

by candice.tsuei | August 12, 2009 at 12:14 pm

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Lawrence Phillips, former N.F.L. star, accused of attacking and choking his girlfriend on two occasions back in 2005, once into unconsciousness, was convicted of assault and other felony charges in San Diego.

Deputy District Attorney Nicole Cooper said in an interview that the girlfriend testified she and Phillips were having problems before the first choking incident. She woke up at their Mission Valley apartment and started piling Phillips' clothes on the bedroom floor. Phillips became angry and choked the woman several times that evening, the prosecutor said. A week and a half later, the woman and Phillips went to an apartment on Aero Drive, where he accused her of infidelity. Phillips struck the woman, causing her to fall backward into a bathtub. The woman ran and eventually was allowed into a nearby apartment. Police found her hiding in a bathroom, the prosecutor said.

Found guilty of seven counts, including assault with great bodily injury, corporal injury on a spouse or roommate, false imprisonment, making a criminal threat, and auto theft, the 34-year-old football star is looking at up to 25 years of jail time.

This is definitely not the first time Phillips is having trouble with the law and the Californian authorities. Back in 2000, Phillips was convicted of domestic violence in L.A. after two of Phillips former girlfriends testified that they had both been choked into unconsciousness by Phillips.