Braves Marcell Ozuna was caught in 4k choking his wife as cops arrived at his home.
He tried to play it off, but the video doesn’t lie.
It was clear she was being assaulted and the sad thing is there is another male there present who isn’t doing anything to stop Ozuna.
Atlanta Braves star Marcell Ozuna had his hand aggressively wrapped around his wife’s neck just minutes before his arrest last May … new police video, obtained by TMZ Sports, shows.
The incident all went down on May 29 in Sandy Springs, GA., after cops say they were called to a residence regarding “an assault in progress.”
In an officer’s bodycam footage from the scene, you can see as the cop arrived at the home, Ozuna grabbed his wife around her throat with his right hand.
“Get your hands off her!” the officer can be heard telling the 6-foot-1, 225-pound MLB player in the footage. “Get on the ground! Get on the ground!”
Ozuna — who was wearing a hard cast on his left hand due to an injury he had suffered in a game just days before the incident — complied, and was eventually arrested.
Ozuna in the end didn’t get any jail time for the assault, just had to do a bunch of community service.
MLB just handed down their punishment.
Atlanta Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna was retroactively suspended for 20 regular-season games on Monday by Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred for violating the league’s domestic violence policy.
The suspension is retroactive to Sept. 10 and covers the final 24 days of the regular season while he was on administrative leave, costing him approximately $1.55 million of his $12 million salary.
“My office has completed its investigation into the allegations that Marcell Ozuna violated Major League Baseball’s Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy. Having reviewed the totality of the available evidence, I have concluded that Mr. Ozuna violated our Policy and that discipline is appropriate,” Manfred said in a statement.
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