Texas men’s basketball coach Chris Beard has been suspended without pay and will not coach in the team’s game against Rice on Monday night following his morning arrest, the school announced less than two hours before tip-off
Beard was arrested by the Austin Police Department and processed at 4:18 a.m. CT on Monday,According to Myron Medcalf and Jeff BorzelloAustin police responded to a “disturbance hotshot” call shortly after midnight Monday. Disturbance hotshot situations are “incidents in progress that are an immediate threat to life and/or public safety.” The felony charge for Beard included “impeding breath circulation.
The charge that Beard faces, assault on a family or household member in which their breath was impeded, carries a possible punishment of two to 10 years in prison in the state of Texas,Beard’s attorney, Perry Minton, said earlier Monday that Beard is not guilty of the charge and that his client was wrongly arrested.. “He should have never been arrested. The complainant wants him released immediately and all charges dismissed. It is truly inconceivable.
Beard is in his second season as the coach at Texas, which is ranked No. 2 in the most recent AP poll. The Longhorns will host Rice at 8 p.m. ET Monday.
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