Former Dallas Cowboys player Greg Hardy is facing a family violence charge after an argument with his girlfriend on Wednesday, according to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by NBC 5.

In the warrant, Richardson police said they were called at about 2 p.m. by a woman who said Hardy was fighting with her and had assaulted her. She said she had marks on her body and that he took her car.

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Responding officers spotted a vehicle matching the woman's description and stopped the driver. Police said they confirmed the driver was Hardy and he told them they started arguing about messages on his mobile phone. Hardy told police the woman got in his face and was poking him in the forehead and that when she didn't move he moved her out of the way by p

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