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A misdemeanor simple battery warrant for the Cleveland Browns wide receiver and former Louisiana State star Odell Beckham Jr. has been rescinded, the New Orleans Police Department confirmed on Saturday.
The warrant was issued on Thursday as video posted on social media appeared to show Beckham swatting a security officer’s buttocks during L.S.U.’s locker room victory celebration after Monday night’s college national championship game in the Superdome.
L.S.U. players were seen smoking cigars — forbidden in the Superdome — in pictures from the postgame celebration. Authorities reportedly warned them that they could face arrest.