Johnny Manziel's ex-girlfriend still cannot hear out of her left ear, more than a week after the embattled Cleveland Browns quarterback allegedly struck her in the head, her lawyer said.
"They expect [her ear] to heal but it'll take a while," Kathy Kinser, the woman's lawyer, told TV-station KXAS on Monday. Kinser said Manziel's alleged assault ruptured her 23-year-old client's eardrum.
Police in Dallas, Texas, reversed course on Friday announcing that they're relaunching their investigation into what happened between Manziel, 23, and his ex-girlfriend. The turnaround came only one day after they declined to file charges against Manziel. Fort Worth police had also said Manziel wouldn't be charged.
The renewed possibility of arrest stems from Manziel's Jan. 30 fight with his ex-girlfriend. She told law enforcement that he hit her several times after they began arguing in his Dallas hotel room about another woman. The fight continued as Manziel drove her home to Fort Worth.
During the argument, Manziel also talked about killing himself and his ex-girlfriend, she said in an affidavit to get a restraining order.
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Manziel has denied the allegations, telling TMZ that "it didn't happen," and that he's "completely stable."
A judge last week ordered that Manziel have no contact with his ex-girlfriend for two years.
They had been a couple for two years and lived together in Cleveland for four months until their December breakup, the ex-girlfriend said in her affidavit.
Days after the fight, Manziel's father said he worried that his son might die before his next birthday. His father said that Manziel twice refused to enter a rehab program in the days after the altercation. He's previously completed treatment at an alcohol and substance abuse center.
Manziel's career appears to be in free fall. His agent last week cut ties with the second-year pro, while an official in the Browns' front office said Manziel's trouble "undermines the hard work of his teammates and the reputation of our organization." ESPN has reported that he will be released in March.
Shocking Domestic Violence Statistics
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Open Image Modal3: The number of women murdered every day by a current or former male partner in the U.S. (credit:Shutterstock / LoloStock)
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Open Image Modal4,774,000: The number of women in the U.S. who experience physical violence by an intimate partner every year. (credit:diego cervo)
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Open Image Modal18,000: The number of women who have been killed by men in domestic violence disputes since 2003. (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalWorldwide, men who were exposed to domestic violence as children are three to four times more likely to perpetuate intimate partner violence as adults than men who did not experience domestic abuse as children. (credit:Shutterstock / luxorphoto)
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Open Image ModalA woman is beaten every nine seconds in the U.S. (credit:Shutterstock)
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Open Image ModalIntimate partner violence is the leading cause of female homicide and injury-related deaths during pregnancy. (credit:Getty Images/Blend Images)
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Open Image Modal98: The percentage of financial abuse that occurs in all domestic violence cases. The number one reason domestic violence survivors stay or return to the abusive relationship is because the abuser controls their money supply, leaving them with no financial resources to break free. (credit:Shutterstock / Skylines)
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Open Image Modal21: The number of LGBT people murdered by their intimate partners in 2013. Fifty percent of them were people of color. This is the highest documented level of domestic violence homicide in the LGBT community in history. (credit:Alamy)
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Open Image Modal70x: The amount of times more likely a woman is to be murdered in the few weeks after leaving her abusive partner than at any other time in the relationship. (credit:Hemera Technologies)
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