Former 'Legion of Boom' star threatened to kill ex-girlfriend, stole Rolex -- police report
Brandon Browner, whose tenure with the Seattle Seahawks’ “Legion of Boom” secondary netted him a Super Bowl ring in 2013 and then another one a year later after he joined the New England Patriots, was arrested Sunday in Azusa, California, 30 miles east of Los Angeles.
He was picked up for allegedly breaking into a house in nearby La Verne belonging to an ex-girlfriend who had a restraining order against him, threatened to kill her, then walking off with a $20,000 Rolex watch.
Making matters worse, Browner had plenty of outstanding warrants the La Verne police were able to cash in.
He was wanted for kidnapping, burglary, false imprisonment and violation of a restraining order.
Brandon Browner Arrested On Five Charges Including Kidnapping https://t.co/nzBZKZFr18 pic.twitter.com/EZcfOc8Shc
— NFLTradeRumors.co (@nfltrade_rumors) July 9, 2018
It’s another in a long line of felonies for the embattled former NFL star.
Browner has a previous record of domestic violence, joining the likes of Greg Hardy and Ray Rice as guys whose love of violence isn’t confined to the football field.
On top of that, Browner was arrested for domestic battery and child endangerment earlier this year, and for cocaine possession last year.
Which, in an impressive twist, makes the guys who weekly disrespect the country that makes it possible for them to be millionaires playing a game look like choir boys.
Browner ended up leaving the Seahawks in the first place after getting caught up in PED use; the team suspended him along with Richard Sherman in 2012, and he ran into the league’s substance abuse policy in 2013.
Brandon Browner mug shot. Per La Verne PD, he broke into his ex's residence, physically harmed her then took a Rolex watch before fleeing the scene. pic.twitter.com/h43fnobRXu
— Todd Shapiro (@t_shaps) July 9, 2018
After the 2015 campaign, Browner was out of the league. He attempted to play in Canada following his NFL career.
In five NFL seasons, he made his only Pro Bowl in his rookie year in 2011, a year in which he burst onto the scene with six interceptions, two of which he took to the house for touchdowns.
He finished his career with 12 total picks, never achieving the same level of dominance he’d attained as a rookie.
But now, Browner runs the risk of having his legacy go down, like Hardy and his ilk, as simply yet another football player who cannot under any circumstances be trusted around women.
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