NFL San Diego Chargers LB Shawne Merriman Arrested & Charged with Battery & False Imprisonment of Girlfriend TV Reality Star Tila Tequila

How many times must we tell people, Tequila will be one’s down fall every time … Merriman arrested & charged with battery & false imprisonment of Tequila. Football and Tequila do not mix.

San Diego Charger LB Shawne Merriman finds himself in trouble again; however, this time it was not due to steroids. Merriman was arrested Sunday and charged with with battery and false imprisonment. Merriman is being accused of choking and restraining his TV reality star girlfriend

Deputies responded about 3:45 a.m. to Merriman’s house in Poway, north of San Diego, after a woman called to say she was choked by the player and thrown to the ground when she tried to leave, Sheriff’s Department spokesman Jan Caldwell said at a news conference.

Merriman, 25, was taken into custody and booked into the central jail at about 8:30 a.m. He was released shortly after 11 a.m. Caldwell said she didn’t know if he posted bail or was released on his own recognizance.

How messed up is this story … it reads like Abbot and Costello, Who’s on First. Was Tequila  drinking Tequila?

Tequila was taken to a hospital. Her condition was not immediately available.Caldwell said deputies determined Tequila had been drinking.

Hey Merriman, you know when you should have run away from this like your hair was on fire? You should have ran at The bisexual dating TV reality show.  Because none of this on Tequila’s part has anything to do with free PR for her reality show, right.

UPDATE I: Merriman Denies Choking Reality TV Star