Former USC Player Jailed in Assaults
Michael O’Brien, a walk-on football player earlier this season at USC, is expected to be arraigned today for allegedly assaulting three students on campus.
O’Brien, 22, surrendered to police Tuesday. He has been accused of punching a female student in the face and breaking the jaw and eye socket of a male student on Sept. 16. On Dec. 5, O’Brien allegedly broke a male student’s leg and ankle by throwing him to the ground.
O’Brien, who left the team in October according to a USC spokesperson, is being held on $120,000 bail and if convicted of the three counts of assault could be sentenced to 11 years in state prison.
A senior, O’Brien did not play in any games for the Trojans this season.
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