SAN DIEGO, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman was arrested Sunday on battery and false imprisonment charges in an alleged attack on his girlfriend, police said.
The San Diego County Sheriff's Department said Merriman's girlfriend, former MTV reality show star Tila Tequila, alleged Merriman choked her, threw her to the ground and restrained her when she tried to leave his home around 3:45 a.m. Sunday, The San Diego-Union Tribune reported. Merriman, 25, a three-time Pro Bowl selection, was released about 11 a.m. Sunday, the newspaper said.