Redskins’ Montae Nicholson Arrested and Charged With Assault and Battery

Early Tuesday morning, fresh off the Redskins’ 16-13 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars,  the team’s defensive back, Montae Nicholson, was arrested and charged with assault and battery after an altercation in Loudoun County, Virginia. 

According to WTKR, officials responded to reports of a fight in the area. Upon arrival, two victims – male and female – were found at the scene, both said to have been assaulted by another man and female, who were later identified as 23-year-old Nicholson and 24-year-old Sydney A. Maggiore. 

In an incident report obtained by the publication, one of the victims said it all started after the suspects pulled up and honked their horn at them. The victim said the incident escalated into an argument but quickly erupted into a physical altercation, in which Nicholson assaulted the male victim and Maggiore assaulted the female with a bottle, before turning to attack the male. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

After the incident, one of the victims reported the fight to police, and just as they arrived, the suspects returned to the scene. Both were arrested and charged with assault and battery. However, Nicholson was also slapped with a public drunkenness charge and later released on a $2,500 secured bond. As for Maggiore, she was hit with an additional charge of malicious wounding and remains in jail with no bail. 

In the meantime, the victims were taken to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries.