Overview
- Police say a Metro Nashville officer saw Kayleb Barnett holding a man in a chokehold near the Shelby Street pedestrian bridge on Sunday, Oct. 11, and the affidavit calls Barnett the primary aggressor.
- Barnett was arrested Oct. 11 on charges of aggravated assault by strangulation, identity theft and use of a false ID, and he was released the same day on a $5,000 bond.
- Officers found two IDs on Barnett with different birth dates, one of which showed he is under 21, according to the arrest affidavit and court records reported by local media.
- Vanderbilt issued a statement saying Barnett violated team and university standards and is no longer with the program, removing a sophomore gadget receiver who had modest playing stats this season.
- Barnett is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 13, and his departure reduces an already thin receiving group as the Commodores prepare for upcoming SEC games and adjust their game-day roster.