Overview
- Fields turned himself in Sunday and was booked on a charge of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, court records show.
- The charge stems from an alleged Aug. 13 locker-room incident in which Fields is accused of striking teammate Dozie Ezukanma, a matter TCU reported to campus police the next day and logged as an aggravated assault.
- TCU dismissed Fields from the football program on Aug. 15 for a violation of team rules, and Ezukanma did not play in TCU’s season opener in Dublin.
- The school revoked a Fort Worth Star-Telegram reporter’s credentials over reporting it said relied on inaccurate sourcing and led to threats against a player, while Fields’ agent has said much of the social-media coverage is false or speculative.
- Fields was a high-profile transfer from Louisiana Tech and now faces an open criminal case and campus investigation that may affect his future and TCU’s secondary depth.