Hours after former NFL quarterback Mark Rypien was released from jail last week on a charge of fourth-degree domestic assault, he and his wife said he committed no such crime.
“As a family we are deeply concerned about the situation,” the couple wrote in a joint statement July 2. “Occurrences like this one are often chaotic scenes which are not conducive to revealing full clarity about what actually transpires.”
And yet, according to arresting officer Todd Brownlee’s report of the incident, Rypien acknowledged hitting his wife Danielle Rypien on Sunday, June 30, near Maple Street and Garland Avenue in his car after an argument erupted.