NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – Two recent controversies may have cost Saints linebacker Junior Galette his job. NFL insider Ian Rapoport reported Friday that the team released Galette. He also added that the “Saints have been frustrated for a while”.
The #Saints are releasing Junior Galette, source said. They’ve paid him $18M since last year. Wow.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 24, 2015
Junior Galette recently met with @NFL officials, who are looking into 2 off-the-field incidents. #Saints have been frustrated for a while.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 24, 2015
In January 2015, police were called to Galette’s Kenner home after a live-in assistant claimed she was jumped by Galette and his cousin Terrance Banks. A misdemeanor domestic violence charge stemming from that incident was dropped a month later.
In June, Galette was back in the news after a video surfaced showing him hitting a woman with a belt during a brawl in 2013.
