Odell Beckham Jr., an alum of LSU, was caught on video in the locker room incident that followed his school's national football title win
A spokesman for the police department, Aaron Looney, confirmed to PEOPLE that the warrant was issued Thursday.
The video shows a uniformed male officer admonishing a member of LSU’s team, whose players lit up cigars after beating Clemson in the national title game and then were told that anyone smoking inside the Mercedes-Benz Superdome was subject to arrest, reportsBehind the officer, Beckham, an alum of the school who now plays for the NFL’s Cleveland Browns, is clearly seen delivering a swat to the officer’s backside after flicking an unidentified object in the officer’s direction.
The two then engage in a brief verbal confrontation, but the video does not capture what was said between them.
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