He was released on $1,000 bail.
PISCATAWAY -- Leonte Carroo, the star Rutgers University wide receiver, pleaded not guilty to charges that he slammed a woman onto concrete after a football game.
His lawyer Peter Gilbreth entered the not-guilty plea by fax, waiving the first court appearance, according to records in Piscataway municipal court. Carroo was charged by university police with simple assault under domestic violence and released on $1,000 bail. He had been "known to date" the victim, authorities said.
Gilbreth declined to comment about the case.
"Whatever I'm going to say or talk about is going to be said in the courtroom," Gilbreth said.
Gilbreth said such letters announcing a not-guilty plea are customary in such matters.
Because Carroo is charged only with simple assault -- a disorderly persons offense -- the case will remain in the municipal court, Gilbreth said.
Carroo is due in court on Oct. 1, and remains in indefinite suspension from a football program beset by controversy. In an unrelated matter, four players were kicked off the team after they were accused of assaulting a Rutgers student on Delafield Street. In another unrelated matter, two players and two former players were charged in a series of home invasions; Dre Boggs and Lloyd Terry were removed from the football program.
According to a complaint filed in Piscataway municipal court, Carroo picked up the victim and slammed her down onto concrete, injuring her left hip, her palms, her left elbow and the left side of her head. The complaint was first reported by The Record of Bergen County.
NJ Advance Media reporter Ben Horowitz contributed to this report.
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