Dolphins release Walton after arrest for hitting girlfriend

Walton was sentenced by A Florida court to six weeks’ probation after pleading no contest. Additional fees, such as driving and marijuana possession, were disregarded. He had been drafted by the Bengals.

“We had been made aware of a police thing before this morning seeing Mark Walton. We take such things and all now hold our players. We’ll have no additional comment at that moment,” General Manager Chris Grier stated in a declaration.

“I believe people deserve another chance,” Dolphins coach Brian Flores stated then. “I do not need to judge people according to a single episode, two episodes.”

The Miami Dolphins introduced running back Mark Walton on Tuesday after he had been detained on charges of hitting on his girlfriend.
Walton was signed up by the Dolphins in May following he was introduced by the Cincinnati Bengals due to the arrests.

The girl told officers she’s pregnant with the couple’s kid five months and had informed Walton concerning the maternity. Walton has been charged with aggravated battery on an individual, a felony using the greatest sentence. This had been his fourth arrest in under a year.

His defense lawyer, Michael A. Gottlieb, fell his contract agents, First Round Management, didn’t immediately return a call seeking comment. Since this is a domestic violence charge, Walton might need to appear in front of a judge until he could be discharged and he wasn’t recorded on the Tuesday day calendar of the court.

Walton’s launch was declared by the Dolphins for less than seven hours. The participant had served two matches of a four-game suspension for separating substance abuse policies and NFL behavior after three arrests offseason.

The NFL suspended Walton fourteen days back and he was qualified to reunite Dec. 2. The suspension was anticipated when he was signed by the Dolphins. Flores said in that Walton” has done what we’ve asked of him on and off the field”