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Former Lions star Cam Sutton has been released from jail after turning himself in on a domestic assault warrant by strangulation.
According to his lawyers, Sutton, who had avoided arrest for more than three weeks, was charged with a single misdemeanor.
Sutton and the mother of his son have “requested privacy,” according to a statement obtained by Bleacher Report. Jordan Schultz.
‘…They see this as a family matter and want to resolve it as a family,’ the statement concludes.
On Sunday night, the former Lions cornerback turned himself in to police, and the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office released video of Sutton being detained and handcuffed in the Oreint Road jail.
Cam Sutton appears in a mugshot after turning himself in to police Sunday night.
Police had been trying to find the 29-year-old former Detroit Lions man since March 7.
Police had been searching for him since March 7.
The Lions signed Sutton, 29, to a three-year, $33 million contract last year but cut him when news of his arrest warrant emerged last month.
“After weeks of evading law enforcement, this man finally made the right decision to turn himself in,” Sheriff Chad Chronister said. ‘Domestic violence has no place in our community and no one is above the law here in Hillsborough County.
“My thoughts are with this woman as she continues to recover from this man’s horrific actions.”
Police received a call regarding an alleged incident involving the NFL player around 4:35 a.m. on March 7 in Hillsborough County, according to quotes obtained by Detroit News from the Sheriff’s Office.
Cam Sutton turned himself in to police Sunday night after nearly a month on the run.
“We tried to contact (Sutton),” public affairs officer Phil Martello said. ‘We have called him, there is no answer. She’s been avoiding us. Our helpers have exhausted all leads here.
‘He has vehicles and a home in a county close to ours and he hasn’t been there and we haven’t been able to catch him there.
“So again, it looks like he turned off his phone or got rid of it or something because we haven’t been able to contact him.”
Lions president and CEO Rod Wood revealed last week that Sutton was at the team’s training facility when the arrest warrant began circulating online.
Wood said he did not speak directly to Sutton, but members of his staff did, and they advised him to turn himself in to police.