Overview
- Video released June 25 shows Jones throwing elbows at an officer and hurling profanity while being booked at Kenton County Jail, with one officer heard reporting a bleeding lip.
- Officers arrested the 41-year-old former NFL cornerback on June 7 in Covington, Kentucky, following a disturbance at a local bar.
- Jones faces one count of assaulting a police officer in addition to public intoxication and disorderly conduct charges.
- A representative for Jones said he was simply exercising his right to ask why he was being detained and did nothing wrong.
- The incident adds to a long history of legal issues for Jones, including previous arrests after the 2023 airport incident and a 2024 post-fight disturbance.