What, again?! Another Florida State football player punches female at a bar

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Again, Florida State?!?
Another Florida State University football player has been arrested after punching a woman for the second time in a week. This time it was star running back Dalvin Cook, who allegedly punched the woman several times in the face after the woman turned down his request for her phone number.
Cook, 19, has been charged with misdemeanor battery after his arrest for assaulting the 21-year-old woman, who turned down his request for her phone number. He has been suspended from FSU indefinitely, the team announced.
The alleged incident occurred the night before former Seminoles highly-touted quarterback De’Andre Johnson punched another woman in the face at a different bar near the FSU campus on June 24. Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher dismissed Johnson from the team Monday night, hours after the state attorney’s office released surveillance video showing Johnson punching a 21-year-old FSU student in the face.
In Cook’s case, no known video of the altercation exists. However, Florida state attorney Willie Meggs signed the probable cause warrant Friday. Cook turned himself in at 8:37 p.m. ET on Friday, Leon County Jail records show.
“Recent events at Florida State University involving members of my football team have brought a lot of attention to the school and program. It is important to me that our fans and the public be aware that I do not tolerate the type of behavior that was captured on video and that was most recently alleged,” Fisher said in a statement Friday. “We spend a good deal of time educating our student-athletes about appropriate behavior and their responsibilities as representatives of Florida State. The majority of our players are exemplary, but clearly we must place an even stronger emphasis on this, and I personally promise we will.
“I remain committed to educating our young men and holding them accountable for their actions.”
In a separate statement, FSU president John Thrasher said he was “extremely disappointed” to hear about the allegations, calling them “especially disheartening” considering they came just days after Johnson’s dismissal.
“I have asked Coach Fisher and Athletics Director Stan Wilcox to develop a plan to help our student-athletes understand the consequences of these kinds of actions,” Thrasher said, according to ESPN. “This will include Coach Fisher meeting immediately with his team to reiterate, in no uncertain terms, our expectations of them. I also plan to meet with the team, and we will be asking professionals who deal with these matters, including State Attorney Willie Meggs, to speak with them.”
The woman who said Cook punched her said she was approached by a man who was not Cook outside the bar Clyde’s and Costello’s shortly after it closed on June 23. The woman said the man asked for her phone number, which she refused to give him.
When she rebuffed his advances, she said an argument ensued and quickly escalated to shouting match and allegedly ended with Cook punching the woman several times and then fleeing with other young men in a vehicle.
The status of Cook’s position on the team remains in doubt.

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