Jimmie Ward is due in court docket subsequent week for a listening to on his third-degree felony cost. That listening to had been postponed from mid-July to Aug. 13. Upfront of that, the Texans security was arrested once more.
The 34-year-old defender spent Thursday evening in Montgomery County Jail after being arrested on an alcohol cost in Texas, KPRC2’s Aaron Wilson reports. Ward allegedly examined constructive for alcohol, which is a violation of his bail.
Ward’s legal professional stated the previous first-round choose was unaware he couldn’t eat any alcohol as a part of a bond situation; Ward is predicted to be launched from jail Friday, Wilson provides. Ward is at present on the active/PUP list while rehabbing foot surgery.
In his third yr with the Texans, Ward has seen off-field points overshadow his purpose at enjoying a twelfth NFL season. The previous 49ers draftee was accused of assaulting, strangling and threatening the mom of his little one, being hit with an assault family violence impeding breath/circulation charge associated to an incident at his house in Magnolia, Texas. The girl has been granted an emergency protecting order. After his August 13 data setting court docket date, Ward is due again in court docket to look earlier than a grand jury Aug. 31.
The Texans have Ward tied to a $5.67M cap quantity; he’s due a $2.75M base wage. An NFL suspension is unlikely to return earlier than this grand jury look, doubtlessly placing Ward in place to debut on time with the Texans. However he has additionally but to apply with the group throughout camp.
Ward suffered the season-ending foot malady in Week 16. The Texans then traded for C.J. Gardner-Johnson, who has labored as a starter alongside Calen Bullock. Gardner-Johnson dodged a bullet in avoiding an ACL tear in practice Thursday, however the twice-traded DB continues to be anticipated to overlook time with an unspecified knee harm.
