FORMER RIDER ARRESTED IN LAS VEGAS

An ex-Saskatchewan Roughriders football player who was linked to the Baylor University's rape cover-up was arrested in Las Vegas on Monday morning.

Police say that Tre'Von Armstead, 22, roughed up a woman and then 'went crazy' on an officer when he was detained.

The former lineman then kicked out the back window of a squad car, reported TMZ.

On Monday morning police officers said they watched the ex-offensive lineman push a woman in front of The Cromwell Hotel in Las Vegas.

The man is 6'6" and weighs roughly 280 pounds, so when he resisted arrest by law enforcement it naturally got intense.

When officers were finally able to get him into the police car, they say he kicked out the back window.

Armstead is currently being booked for battery domestic violence, resisting arrest and damaging a police car, according to TMZ.

He was named in a 2013 rape investigation that Baylor reportedly failed for take action in for around two years.

Armstead was eventually dismissed from the football team in 2015 for 'violation of team rules,'

There was no mention of his rape charges.

He has denied any wrongdoing in the 2013 incident.

Armstead was signed by the Saskatchewan Roughriders on April 1/2016, spent time on the practice roster and played in the CFL, however he never saw live game action.

The Port Arthur, Texas product went unsigned by the Riders after 2016 and was attempting to attain employment in Regina at a youth rehabilitation facility.

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