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Former Louisville Basketball Player Robbie Valentine Arrested on Strangulation Charge

Former Louisville basketball player Robbie Valentine was arrested Thursday on a strangulation charge.

Per the arrest citation obtained by Brooks Holton of the Louisville Courier Journal, Valentine was accused of choking his girlfriend during an argument in their home.

"In the arrest citation, police said Valentine's girlfriend discussed the idea of moving out while the couple was at dinner Thursday night," Holton wrote. "When they returned home, the citation said an argument ensued, and Valentine took his girlfriend's phone and 'dumped her purse out in the sink. (Valentine) later threw her off the bed and began strangling her.