Cincinnati Bengals receiver accused of assaulting woman he was dating

CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Bengals rookie wide receiver Jermaine Burton is accused of assaulting a 19-year-old woman he was dating, but she didn’t press charges, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported Wednesday.

Burton, 23, and the woman had gotten into an argument while out together before the incident occurred at her apartment on Dec. 29. The woman told police that after the two parted ways, Burton met her at her apartment and refused to let her inside. He then chased her inside her home, assaulted her, including choking, and broke her phone, police reports show. She also told police that Burton held a knife to his neck and threatened to kill himself.

“Jermaine Burton on the Bengals just broke into my house,” the woman told police during a call to 911 around 8:45 a.m. on Dec. 30. “He broke my phone. He’s been like pretty abusive. He does a lot of things that I don’t tolerate.

“He was yelling at me in the car and he was screaming at me and saying things. He wouldn’t let me go inside. And he choked me (unintelligible) in the hallway. He blocked the door so I couldn’t go inside, and when I did go inside, he chased me upstairs.

“He broke into my house. He broke my phone. This is the second time he’s broken my phone in the past month. He broke my phone. He hit me and he left.

“He said he was going to kill himself. He’s a narcissist. He’s a manipulator. He got in my dishwasher and he grabbed a knife and he held it to his neck.

“I don’t f—ing deserve this. I’m only 19,” she added.

The woman suffered minor injuries did not require medical attention.

Burton had already left the woman’s apartment, and the knife at the apartment, by the time police responded to the scene. The woman initially said she wanted to file charges against Burton, but later changed her mind.