FILE – In this Sept. 17, 2014, file photo, Phoenix police officers escort Arizona Cardinals running back Jonathan Dwyer, to the 4th Avenue Jail following his arrest in Phoenix. Dwyer is scheduled to be arraigned Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, on charges that he assaulted his wife during two arguments in July at their Phoenix apartment. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Kadlubowski, File)
FILE – In this July 26, 2014, file photo, Arizona Cardinals’ Jonathan Dwyer runs on the field during the first day of NFL football training camp in Glendale, Ariz. Dwyer is scheduled to be arraigned Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, in Phoenix, on charges that he assaulted his wife during two arguments in July at their Phoenix apartment. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)PHOENIX (AP) – Arizona Cardinals running back Jonathan Dwyer pleaded not guilty on Monday to aggravated assault after being accused of assaulting his wife during two arguments at their Phoenix apartment.
Dwyer entered his plea to the felony and eight misdemeanors, including assault, at a brief arraignment in Maricopa County Superior Court.
Investigators have said Dwyer broke his wife’s nose with a head-butt during a July 21 argument, and the next day punched her and threw a shoe at his 17-month-old son, who wasn’t injured.
Dwyer was initially booked on suspicion of aggravated assault against his son but was not indicted on that allegation.
His wife told authorities the first assault occurred after she learned about Dwyer’s recent phone contact with another woman.