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Seahawks release statement on Chad Wheeler’s domestic violence arrest, express support for victim

On Tuesday it was reported that Seattle Seahawks backup tackle Chad Wheeler was arrested on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend at his residence in Kent. The details from the police report about the incident are undoubtedly disturbing and frightening.

[...] The incident began when Wheeler asked the victim to bow to him, and when she did not he grabbed her and threw her on a bed.

The report said Wheeler then strangled the victim before she lost consciousness. The report also said when she regained consciousness, Wheeler was standing near the bed and said, “Wow you’re alive?