Weatherspoon Is Arrested on Assault Charge

Chuck Weatherspoon, University of Houston running back, is free on $500 bond after being charged with a misdemeanor in connection with the assault of another student Saturday.

Richard Labs, 33, said he was attacked “out of the blue” and suffered a black eye.

“I don’t know what provoked him,” Labs said.

Weatherspoon, 22, a senior from La Habra, faces a court appearance Friday.

Weatherspoon, who set an NCAA rushing record last season by averaging 9.6 yards per carry, was accused of being involved in an incident Saturday night at an apartment complex at the school. He was jailed, but was released after posting bond on Sunday.

“We received a report that one of our football players was involved in an assault,” school spokesman Eric Miller said. “We don’t know why Weatherspoon and the other gentleman got into words, but they did. I have no details about who did what to whom.”