At one time Greg Hardy was considered one of the absolute best pass rushers in the league, and his 15 sacks in 2013 was believed to be just the beginning of the "Kraken's" success story. Then the all too well known story hit about a grotesque domestic violence situation that he was charged with that caused him to miss most of 2014 on the Commissioner's Exempt list.
He wasn't just charged either, he was actually convicted of it by a judge but then requested a new trial by jury. However, then the charges were thrown out due to the victim stopping their cooperation with the police for the 2nd trial.