Heyward Will Miss Game, Answer Charges
Fullback Craig Heyward will miss today’s game in Philadelphia and return as soon as possible to New Orleans to deal with a complaint by two women that he assaulted them at a send-off rally, the Saints said Saturday night.
The women said Heyward assaulted them Friday night in the parking lot of Lakeside Shopping Center in Metairie, La., Jefferson Parish authorities said.
Bob Garner of the Jefferson Parish police said investigators would meet with Heyward to discuss the charges brought by the women, whom Garner would not identify.
A television station quoted the women as saying Heyward, who is 5 feet 11 and about 260 pounds, grabbed them when they sought his autograph, but Garner said he had no details of what allegedly happened.
“Apparently he got involved in an altercation about 10:45 last night with two females who allege simple battery and aggravated assault,” Garner said.
Investigators took statements from both women and from witnesses, he said.
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