Arizona Cardinals LB Daryl Washington pleads guilty to charges he assaulted his ex-girlfriend
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Arizona Cardinals linebacker Daryl Washington has pleaded guilty to charges that he assaulted his ex-girlfriend.
Washington had a change of plea hearing Monday in Maricopa County Superior Court.
He pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and a judge set sentencing for April 23.
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Washington had been facing an April 30 trial in the case after originally pleading not guilty to aggravated assault and trespassing charges.
He was accused of grabbing his ex-girlfriend, the mother of the couple's daughter, by the throat and shoving her to the ground during an argument at her apartment last May.
His ex-girlfriend told police that Washington pushed her with two hands, causing her to fall and break her right collarbone.