Cal sophomore safety Damariay Drew was suspended from the team "pending further information" about the series of events that ended with him being charged with felony assault, a school official said.
Drew was charged with committing an “assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury" after allegedly breaking the jaw of fellow UC Berkeley student Matthew Lavine-Edwards at a fraternity fundraiser last Sunday.
The charge also includes a felony enhancement for causing great bodily injury.
According to the police affidavit filed by Berkeley Police sargeant Peter Hong, the altercation took place after Drew reportedly kicked Lavine-Edwards' dog because he claimed the 20 pound Jack Russell terrier mix bit him.
The two exchanged words, Hong wrote, and then Drew reportedly told Lavine-Edwards "I'm going to f--- you up" before punching him three times.
The affidative notes that Lavine-Edwards will likely require reconstructive surgery to repair the damage to his jaw.
Drew was arrested on Thursday after two witnesses identified him and provided separate accounts of the altercation that corroborated the victim's story.
He was held at the Berkeley jail on $100,000 bail.
He was released on Saturday after posting bond, his lawyer, Darryl Stallworth, told the Daily Cal.
“(Drew) is a good kid, working hard to get where he is,” Stallworth said. “A guy doesn’t just walk into a frat house, kick a dog and punch somebody out. You can imagine there was some provocation involved.”
Last season, Drew made 52 tackles for the Bears as a redshirt freshman.
[via Daily Cal]