Former Arizona Wildcats running back Orlando Bradford is scheduled to accept a plea deal Friday morning in connection with more than a dozen domestic violence-related charges.
Bradford was arrested last September after his girlfriend told police the pair fought about her reluctance to eat a Frosty that he’d bought her, according to a Tucson Police Department’s incident report.
Bradford’s roommate told her she should have some, since Bradford had purchased it for her. She then ate a few bites, at which point Bradford became upset that she was listening to another person instead of him, according to the police report.
Later, the pair fought. Bradford pushed her onto the bed and began choking her, the report says.
The woman told police that Bradford let go of her neck, locked the bedroom door and took his shirt off before punching her in the ribs.
Police arrested Bradford the same day she reported the incident to police, and after he was read his rights, he told police that he grabbed the woman by her neck once and moved her against her will twice, saying that he caused the injuries, according to the report.
The day after the first arrest, a second woman came forward to say that she was also in a relationship with Bradford and he abused her multiple times between January and September.
Bradford was already being held at the Pima County Jail in connection with the first woman’s claims when police re-booked him for the new case.
He was subsequently charged with 10 felonies and five misdemeanors, court records show.
Bradford entered the 2016 season as the Wildcats’ presumptive backup running back.
He played in two games, gaining 16 yards, before he was dismissed from the team on the day of his arrest.
The Shreveport, Louisiana, native was the star of Arizona’s 2015 New Mexico Bowl victory, gaining 61 yards and putting the game away with some key fourth-quarter carries.
Bradford, who is out of jail on bail, was scheduled for trial in August before it was postponed until Oct. 17.
His plea hearing is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. with Pima County Superior Court Judge Teresa Godoy.
