Cedric Benson to serve jail time now

Cedric Benson

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This makes more sense. We, along with many others reported on Monday about Cincinnati Bengals running back Cedric Benson pleading to charges of assault. He was sentenced to 20 days in jail and fined.

Monday, Benson, or at least his attorney said the running back would wait until October, sandwiched around the Bengals bye week to serve his sentence.

So imagine the surprise of Travis County (Austin) jailers when Benson showed up last night to begin serving his sentence.

Read more from WCPO.com RIGHT HERE

This makes more sense. It's been reported the 20-day sentence could be dropped to 7 with good behavior. And seven days just means Benson would miss his teams final exhibition game, one he wouldn't be playing in much anyway. It would allow him to return to Cincinnati next Wednesday, 4 days before the teams season opener. Plenty of time to prepare and he wouldn't miss any regular season time.

We don't know why he or his attorney didn't think of this Monday, but at least they finally figured it out.

Cedric Benson gets 20 days in jail

Cedric Benson

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Wow! Current Cincinnati Bengals running back Cedric Benson will apparently spend the 20-days in jail as punishment for an assault that took place at an Austin, Texas bar in 2010.

Benson pleaded no contest to assault charges and will along with the sentence, be fined $4,000.

He'll serve the sentence after the Bengals play on October 13th. In order to complete the time, he'll miss the bye week on the 20th and the Bengals game with the Seahawks on the 27th.

You can read our story on that arrest RIGHT HERE

That however, is not the end of Mr. Benson's problems. He is also facing an assault charge from a fight with his former roommate back in August. There's a hearing on that case scheduled for later in the week.

Your TV story from KVUE-TV, before the agreement was released:

Cedric Benson Released From Jail... Again...

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All of this is according to the arrest affidavit...

A former roommate of Cincinnati Benglas running back Cedric Benson, according to police reports, was standing at a street corner in Austin, Texas talking on his cell phone around 5 a.m. Saturday night/Sunday morning when he was approached by a “hostile and aggressive Benson” who told him they “needed to talk about their problems.”

The former roommate said they began talking about their living arrangements when “all of a sudden he was struck on his face with a closed fist throw by Benson.”

The man said Benson continued to punch him all over the face, "resulting in severe injury."

The affidavit also said the former roommate was bleeding from the mouth and complained about “possible loss of teeth and massive swelling of the left cheek.”

Here's Jacqueline Ingles with the low-down...

Cedric Benson released from jail, again: kxan.com

Benson's attorney, Sam Bassett, was the one who talked when Benson was released from jail Sunday afternoon...

"Mr. Benson has been charged with misdemeanor assault arising out of a conflict with a former male roommate. The two had difficulties resulting from Mr. Benson asking the former male roommate to leave his home a few days prior to this incident. The conflict became physical early this morning and we intend to fully investigate. There is not enough information available at this time for further comment."

There's irony in the Benson arrest in that he was supposed to have his previous issues looked at in court Monday morning before this one came up all by itself...

Cedric Benson in trouble again

Cedric Benson

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Cincinnati Bengals running back Cedric Benson is in trouble with the law in Austin, Texas...again.

Benson was arrested early Sunday morning for what was essentially called "Beating up a family member". He was booked on misdemeanor assault charges just before 7 a.m Sunday morning.

You can read more from Statesman.com RIGHT HERE

**Note**--The article doesn't say it, but Benson has been released from jail.

Cedric Benson is very familiar to those who follow the Athlete versus Police blotter. He is due to begin a trial on an Assault incident at an Austin area bar from June of 2010. After that incident, he paid NFL Commish Roger Goodell a visit and whatever he told the commissioner, it was enough to avoid disciplinary action.

Benson is technically going to be a free agent when the NFL Lockout ends this week and we'll be curious to see what happens. The Bengals desperately need his services and there's no guarantee he won't end up in the principal's office again for this incident.

If he is, we suspect the punishment may be a bit more severe.

Cedric Benson Charged With Assault

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Cincinnati Bengals running back Cedric Benson ((pictured, thanks Travis County PD)) was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault from a May 30th incident at an Austin, Texas bar named "Annie's West."

An Austin police spokeswoman says Benson was arrested and booked into the Travis County ((TX)) jail where he posted a $5,000 bond and was released. The arrest affidavit says he punched an employee ((a bartender)) after being kicked out for getting into an altercation with another patron just before 2AM on May 30.

And what soes the HQ say about events after 2AM...???

Benson, allegedly, was asked outside on multiple times before the bartender and another employee took Benson outside. That was when the bartender was struck in the face. Annie's West apparently also taped the incident...

Benson's attorney said in a statement that his client had been completely cooperative and hasn't been able to give APD his side of the story.

All the above story does is give us the excuse to show the video below...
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