CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A Dallas woman has filed a Class A assault complaint against Carolina Panthers defensive tackle Vernon Butler, telling Dallas police the 2016 first-round draft pick pushed her down some stairs in a nightclub incident earlier this month.
The woman made the complaint to the South Central Patrol Station at 3:15 p.m. on July 19, a Dallas police spokesperson told ESPN on Tuesday The incident occurred on July 14 at 2 a.m., according to the woman's report.
The woman told police she was involved in a verbal altercation with Butler at which point he "threw a drink in her face and pushed her'' down some stairs.