Rutgers' Leonte Carroo domestic violence accuser speaks: 'I remember that slam'

The alleged victim broke her silence late Wednesday night.

The woman who accused Rutgers football wideout Leonte Carroo of slamming her head into concrete outside of the university's football headquarters has broken her silence.

Carroo was charged with simple assault in a domestic violence case and has pleaded not guilty.

The accuser, a 20-year-old from Bergen County who worked at the Hale Center, told The Record the incident began on Sunday when there was a confrontation between her and Carroo's current girlfriend, "who she said was part of a group that targeted her as she was leaving her job at the Hale Center."

The girlfriend wasn't happy the eventual accuser had "previous involvement" with the receiver, the accuser said. The accuser won't be identified by NJ Advance Media because she is an alleged victim of domestic violence.

A reporter for the Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Wash., who was covering Washington State that day, reported Carroo was warned not to head outside while the confrontation took place, but he did anyway.

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"[Carroo] picked me up and just dropped me," she said. "I remember that slam. I remember hitting the ground and seeing all those people around me. ... He knows his own strength. He shouldn't have done it. I'm 107 pounds. He shouldn't have thrown me into the concrete."

She said she blacked out for 10 seconds, then looked up to see about 15 people surrounding her, including one girl who attacked her with a traffic cone.

The woman ended up with injuries to her hip, palms and side of her head, she said. Chunks of her hair were pulled out, she said.

With Carroo facing a charge and suspended indefinitely from the team, the accuser hoped Rutgers fans don't blame the team's potential struggles on her. 

"Every day is a little better, that's for sure," she told The Record. "I'll give myself a month and then really tell myself it's OK."