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Pittsburgh’s Dior Johnson suspended after being charged with assault

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Content warning: this story contains details of domestic violence.

Pittsburgh Panther’s guard Dior Johnson has been suspended from all team activities after he was charged with aggravated and simple assault, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment and strangulation after allegedly assaulting a woman at an apartment in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh according to Jeff Goodman.

Pittsburgh freshman guard Dior Johnson has been indefinitely suspended from all team activities “pending the resolution of legal charges filed against him.”

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) October 8, 2022

According to WTAE-TV Pittsburgh, the woman said Johnson “slapped her across the face” on the night of Sept.