Leighton Vander Esch‘s dad was arrested over the weekend after he allegedly tried to strangle the previous Dallas Cowboys star’s mother, new courtroom paperwork, obtained by TMZ Sports activities, present.
Based on the docs, the incident occurred round midnight on Dec. 1 in Idaho County … when Darwin Vander Esch allegedly obtained bodily along with his spouse, Sandy Vander Esch, following an argument at a close-by bar.
Cops wrote that Sandy instructed them Darwin had locked her out of their home after the dispute, so she broke in … and shortly after, officers say she claimed her husband confronted her and put each of his arms round her neck and “was pushing and squeezing, not letting her discuss or breathe.”
“This lasted for round 10-15 seconds till Sandy was obtainable to pry Darwin’s arms off her neck,” the docs state.
Darwin allegedly pushed Sandy to the bottom in the course of the altercation as effectively — after which took her telephone as she tried to name for emergency companies.
Authorities wrote within the paperwork that Darwin adamantly denied placing his arms on Sandy … though he did admit to nabbing her telephone “as a result of she was texting the youngsters and saying issues to them.”
Per the docs, Darwin was finally taken into custody after one officer famous Sandy had “seen crimson marks across the middle of her throat.”
Darwin has been formally hit with three prices over the allegations … one felony rely of tried strangulation, one misdemeanor rely of home battery and one misdemeanor rely of intentional destruction of a telecommunication instrument.
Court docket data present Darwin pleaded not responsible to the misdemeanor prices throughout an arraignment on Monday. A courtroom official tells us his plea concerning the felony continues to be to be decided.
Darwin and Sandy have been mainstays in Leighton’s soccer life — accompanying him all through the 2018 NFL draft course of, together with when the Cowboys took him with their first-round choose.
Leighton — who simply retired from the NFL in March as a result of repeated neck accidents — has not but commented publicly on the scenario along with his mother and father.
