Houston Texans safety Jimmie Ward was arrested on Thursday for allegedly violating the terms of a previous legal order.

He was to spend the night in Montgomery County (Texas) Jail before being released on Friday, his lawyer, Steve Jackson, told KPRC 2 in Houston.

Ward, 34, was arrested on June 12 at his home in Magnolia, Texas, and held on a third-degree charge of felony domestic violence. Per KPRC 2, the case involved the mother of Ward’s child, who sought and received a protective order after alleging that she was assaulted, strangled and threatened by Ward.

He was released on a $30,000 bond at the time.

Jackson told KPRC 2 on Thursday, “It’s a condition of bond, and there are certain conditions like you can’t drink. Jimmie believed it was for not getting intoxicated, like he could h

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