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Former 'Legion of Boom' star threatened to kill ex-girlfriend, stole Rolex -- police report

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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.

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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.

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Which, in turn, creates one heck of a PR nightmare for the “National Felon League” as its brand becomes associated with people like the abovementioned domestic abusers and guys like Jameis Winston and Kellen Winslow Jr. for whom their celebrity status is taken by them to mean that they can violate women’s sexual consent with impunity.

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.

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.

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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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Boston born and raised, Fox has been writing about sports since 2011. He covered ESPN Friday Night Fights shows for The Boxing Tribune before shifting focus and launching Pace and Space, the home of "Smart NBA Talk for Smart NBA Fans", in 2015. He can often be found advocating for various NBA teams to pack up and move to his adopted hometown of Seattle.
Boston born and raised, Fox has been writing about sports since 2011. He covered ESPN Friday Night Fights shows for The Boxing Tribune before shifting focus and launching Pace and Space, the home of "Smart NBA Talk for Smart NBA Fans", in 2015. He can often be found advocating for various NBA teams to pack up and move to his adopted hometown of Seattle.
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Bachelor of Science in Accounting from University of Nevada-Reno
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Seattle, Washington
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