Alzado Charged With Battery on Law Officer
Lyle Alzado, whose lawyer said last month that the former NFL star has inoperable brain cancer, was charged Wednesday with battery on a peace officer, authorities said.
Alzado is to be arraigned on May 21 in Culver City Municipal Court on one count of misdemeanor battery, said Mike Botula, a spokesman for the district attorney’s office. Alzado, 42, is free on $5,000 bail.
He is charged with assaulting a woman deputy marshal who was serving papers on him April 16 in a civil matter, Botula said. Alzado’s defense attorney, Stephen Lopez, said a few days later that Alzado is so weak from his cancer that he could not have attacked anyone. Alzado played 14 years as a defensive lineman with the Denver Broncos, Cleveland Browns and Los Angeles Raiders before retiring in 1985 to pursue an acting career. He attempted a comeback with the Raiders last summer but was released.
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