ORANGE, Texas - Former NFL star Earl Thomas was arrested Friday night in Orange, Texas on a charge of violating a protective order issued by a Travis County court.
FOX 26 has learned a judge in Austin signed an arrest warrant on April 27, charging Thomas with a third-degree felony. MORE CRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETYThe warrant was for allegedly violating a protective order from May 2021 that stated he could only communicate with the woman through a co-parenting phone app.
We're told someone spotted Thomas Friday night at Spanky's Restaurant in Orange and police took him into custody, the Orange Police Department said.