SAN FRANCISCO — Former San Francisco 49ers player Ray McDonald was charged on Thursday with domestic violence for assaulting his ex-fiancee as she was holding their 2-month-old child, prosecutors said.
McDonald, 30, was charged by the Santa Clara District Attorney's Office with felony false imprisonment as well as misdemeanor counts of domestic violence, child endangerment and violating a restraining order, the office said in a statement.
It said the attack started early on the morning of May 25 in Santa Clara, when McDonald broke into his ex-fiancée's locked bedroom while she was sleeping. Prosecutors said McDonald's driver attempted to stop the assault as she tried to flee.