Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf was arrested Friday on a misdemeanor domestic battery charge, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
Leaf, 44, was taken into custody around 2 PM PT. He was booked on a charge of misdemeanor battery of a spouse, ex-spouse, fiance, dating partner or co-parent, more commonly known as domestic battery.
Leaf was booked into the Larry D. Smith Correctional Center at 3:32 p.m., according to the records. He is set to appear at 8 a.m. on May 27, and is currently being held on $5,000 bond.
The incident comes at a time when Leaf was covering college football as an analyst for ESPN and had been forthcoming about his sobriety and the abuse issues that led to him spending time in prison.
Leaf, 44, played college football at Washington State. He was the second pick in the 1998 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers behind Peyton Manning. He was 4-17 as a starter in three NFL seasons, two with the Chargers and one with the Dallas Cowboys. Leaf threw 36 interceptions against 14 touchdown passes.
Leaf found all sorts of trouble on and off the field with San Diego after his short time there. Later on, he was arrested twice in 2012 and charged with burglary and theft of prescription drugs. In 2014, Leaf was sentenced to five years for breaking into a home in Montana to steal prescription drugs, and for violating probation.
Leaf has been engaged to Anna Kleinsorge, a former Georgetown volleyball player, since 2017. Kleinsorge gave birth to their first child, McGyver, in October of 2017.
The incident comes a day after Leaf posted this video to Twitter:
