Cleveland Browns linebacker Devin Bush was arrested and charged with simple assault and harassment in Pennsylvania on Sunday, according to court records.
According to a criminal complaint obtained by ESPN, police were called to a home in a Pittsburgh suburb Sunday to a report of an assault. A woman, who identified herself as Bush’s girlfriend, said Bush assaulted her and took her car keys.
The two got into an argument that resulted in Bush allegedly becoming more aggressive, according to the complaint. As the woman began to record the argument on her cellphone, Bush chased her around the home in an attempt to get the phone, according to the complaint. She said she was pinned against a massage table in an office and that Bush put his full body weight on top of her before taking the phone and smashing it. The woman left with her daughter to a neighbor’s home, according to the complaint.
Police discovered cuts on the inside of the girlfriend’s wrist and outside her right foot, as well as smashed pieces of the cellphone, according to the complaint. Bush admitted to smashing the phone but denied getting physical.
Bush, 26, has a preliminary hearing scheduled in Allegheny County court for May 20.
A team spokesperson told ESPN on Monday that the Browns are “aware and gathering more info.”
In his first season in Cleveland in 2024, Bush started 10 games and totaled 76 tackles, which ranked fourth on the team. In March, the Browns re-signed Bush to a one-year, $3.25 million deal.
Bush was the 10th pick of the 2019 draft by the Steelers and played his first four seasons in Pittsburgh before spending the 2023 season with the Seattle Seahawks.
