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Reuben Foster arrest: 911 audio released, Santa Clara DA ‘exploring the legal options’

SAN JOSE — The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office said Monday that it is evaluating possible legal action involving terminated San Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster’s domestic-violence arrest in Tampa over the weekend, as police released 911 audio from the call by his “on-again off-again” girlfriend who recanted similar allegations earlier this year.

Booking photo of San Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster after he was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence in Tampa, Fla., on Nov. 24, 2018. (Hillsborough Co. Sheriff’s Office)

Foster was was sentenced in Santa Clara County to two years probation in June after he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor weapons charge for an assault rifle found in his Los Gatos home the morning of Feb.