YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Former New York Giants offensive lineman Luke Petitgout was jailed on sex assault charges today stemming from allegations that a source told CLIFFVIEW PILOT were made by his wife.
Woodcliff Lake police arrested Petitgout around dawn at the home he was sharing with Jennifer Petitgout before she obtained a restraining order and he moved out this summer, sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.
He was being held on $50,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after being processed through Pascack Joint Municipal Court.
The 6-foot-6-inch, 275-pound Lucas Petitgout, who played seven seasons with the Giants at offensive tackle and retired in 2007, is charged with sexual assault with force and simple assault.
“Mr. Petitgout denies the allegations,” his attorney, Patrick J. Jennings of Hackensack, told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “The charges are baseless.
“We will vigorously defend against the allegations.”
Jennifer Petitgout filed for divorce in June to end a 13-year marriage after obtaining the restraining order. He then moved out of their Woodcliff Lake home, sources said.
This followed an alleged June 5 assault in which police said he stormed into a midtown Manhattan bar, punched a man she was talking to in the eye and slapped her.
Bouncers had to restrain him until officers arrived, police said.
In August last year, authorities said, Petitgout smashed his wife in the head and threw her out of the car while celebrating their wedding anniversary in the city’s Meatpacking District. He then threw her purse into her face, they said.
Jennifer Petitgout, who has three daughters with her husband, later dropped the charges in that case.
Petitgout, from Delaware, played for Notre Dame Fighting Irish before the Giants drafted him in the first round in 1999. Following his release after the 2006 season, he spent an injury-filled year with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before retiring.
He was one of more than 100 former Giants players at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford last night for a ceremony honoring Michael Strahan’s induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame during the team’s game against the Indianapolis Colts.
MUGSHOT: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY SHERIFF
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