Former New Orleans Saints linebacker Junior Galette took the witness stand Tuesday afternoon (July 11), telling a civil courtroom that the woman accusing him of abuse fabricated the allegations, WVUE Fox 8 reports.
Galette was among a series of witnesses--which included the accuser, a psychologist, a social worker, a Kenner police officer, Galette's girlfriend and others--to testify Tuesday as part of a trial stemming from a civil lawsuit filed in Jefferson Parish against the former Saint, according to the news station.
Galette was arrested in January 2015 on a domestic-abuse battery charge, a misdemeanor, after the woman accused Galette of beating her.