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Former NFL QB Ryan Leaf Arrested on Domestic Battery Charge

Former NFL quarterback and current ESPN analyst Ryan Leaf was arrested Friday afternoon on a misdemeanor domestic battery charge.

According to a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department's booking report, Leaf was arrested around 2 p.m. in Palm Desert, Calif., on a single domestic battery charge. Details of the incident that resulted in his arrest are unknown at this time.

Leaf was booked at the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility and released Friday night on $5,000 bail. He is scheduled for a court hearing in September, per the report.

Leaf, 44, had a standout college career at Washington State and led the Cougars to the Rose Bowl in 1997.