The Calgary Stampeders have suspended receiver Brendan Langley indefinitely following his arrest at an airport in Newark, N.J.
Langley has been charged with easy assault in reference to a bodily altercation with a United Airways worker on the Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport on Sunday morning.
“The Stampeders take issues reminiscent of these very critically,” John Hufnagel, the Stampeders president and basic supervisor, stated in an announcement.
“After studying particulars of the incident together with the submitting of a prison cost, we're indefinitely suspending Brendan Langley.”
Video, recorded Sunday and shared on social media, confirmed a person and United Airways worker exchanging slaps and punches in a melee at a United gate.
Port Authority Police say Langley, who was on the airport to catch a flight to Calgary, was arrested Sunday and later launched on his personal recognizance.
The United Airways worker, who has since been fired, was left bloodied and dazed following the incident.
Stampeders head coach Dave Dickenson informed reporters the group was initially unaware of the fees in opposition to Langley.
"However we we discovered like a number of different individuals and my solely actual remark is that's we stay in a world that everyone's acquired cameras and we're attempting to symbolize our metropolis, we take it very critically," he stated. "And I am gonna let (Hufnagel) deal with it from right here and and see the place it goes."
Whereas on suspension, Langley is not going to be permitted to enter group amenities or have any involvement with the Stampeders soccer membership.
The 185 centimetre (6'1"), 81 kilogram (179 pound) Langley signed with Calgary as a free-agent receiver in February. The 27-year-old was a 2017 third-round choose of the NFL's Denver Broncos and appeared in 16 regular-season video games as a defensive again from 2017-18.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Might 24, 2022
With recordsdata from CTV Calgary's Dave Dormer
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