Matthew Grimard, once a top recruit for the football team, goes on trial today for beating his girlfriend at a June party, the Lowell Sun reports.If convicted, he could face up to two and one half years in jail, the Sun’s Lisa Redmond reports.
His accomplishments on the Dracut High School were recognized with many awards, including Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year and National Old Spice Red Zone Player of the Year. But at a May 24 party, Mr. Grimard, age 18, used his arm to punch his 17-year-old girlfriend in the jaw, according to newspaper accounts of police reports.
A post on his MySpace profile, last accessed on Friday, says his current “mood” is “confident.”
At his May arraignment at Lowell District Court, clad in a Dracut High School football T-shirt, Mr. Grimard pleaded innocent to one charge of domestic assault and battery. He allegedly became jealous upon seeing his girlfriend talking to another boy and chased her outside the party.
Mr. Grimard reportedly tried to drag her back inside the house by her hair, and then punched her in the jaw when she resisted. Reports said he poured a beer over her head and told her “not to call police because ‘they’ all know him and nothing will happen.”
Saint Anselm football coach Patrick X. Murphy coached Mr. Grimard on the Dracut High team. Mr. Grimard’s announcement that he would attend this division two school came as a surprise to high school and football bloggers, who expected him to spend a year at preparatory school or play at a division one college.
After the May incident, he decided not to attend Saint Anselm, although the sports staff of the Saint Anselm Crier has spotted Mr. Grimard at several football games this fall.
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Photo credit: Stuart Cahil, www.bostonherald.com
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