William K. Wolfrum Chronicles

You can’t go eight minutes any more without seeing a pro athlete busted for something. Normally it’s some type of party foul - a DUI, or maybe a brawl at a bar - stuff that’s not great for a guy’s rep, but overall forgivable.

To me, and I’m sure many others like me, the Atlanta Falcons’ Jonathan Babineaux has been accused of crossing the line into unforgivable.

Babineaux arrested for animal abuse

Atlanta Falcons defensive lineman Jonathan Babineaux denied responsibility for the death of his girlfriend’s dog, which led to felony animal abuse charges against the player, Gwinnett County Police said Tuesday.

Police said officers were dispatched Sunday evening to the Animal Emergency Center of Gwinnett near Lawrenceville, where the staff told them that 24-year-old Blair Anderson had arrived with a pit bull mix that was dead upon arrival.

Police said Anderson and the 25-year-old Babineaux had argued at their home. She said she went to the movies, and when she returned, she found the year-and-a-half hold dog named Kilo in “severe physical distress.”

Babineaux met with officers at the hospital, where he said he was not responsible for the dog’s death. Police said his account of what happened was inconsistent with the information of the dog’s injuries that was provided by the animal hospital. He was arrested.

I’m willing to give him innocent until proven guilty privileges, but if guilty, Babineaux needs to be permanently banned from the NFL. Brutally murdering your girlfriend’s dog is the act of a psychopath, pure and simple.

–WKW

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