A former NFL player was arrested for threatening a woman and her son with threatening messages

Earl Thomas, a former Seattle Seahawks player, was arrested in Orange, Texas, after a court order was issued against him for violating a protection order against a woman.

The former player was arrested by the Orange Police Department after being recognized in a restaurant in the city, according to a WFAA report in Dallas, Texas.

The order against Thomas was issued last 27 in April, after the police claimed that he violated a protection order for a woman after sending messages threatening her and her son. Orange, Texas, is located near the Louisiana border, more than 250 miles from Austin.

Thomas is facing a third degree charge for two judicial violations in less than a year since the order of protection was issued in May of 2020. In that order it was established that she could only contact the woman through a co-parenting phone app/

The woman reported to the police that Thomas began to threaten her at she and her children via text messages, which included a message informing her that she had just obtained two guns and another one later that day in which she said that “ I would kick ass.”

Trey Dolezal, a lawyer for the former Seattle player, reported that the arrest warrant is due to Thomas approached the woman to see her children, breaking the court order.

Thomas, of 33 years old, was hoping to return to the NFL, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The 7-time Pro Bowl selection and three-time All-pro has not played in the league since the season of 2019, when he signed a contract four years with the Baltimore Ravens.

Baltimore released him in August 2020 after an altercation in which Thomas punched his teammate Chuck Clark during a training camp practice.

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