NFL Superstar Accused of Baby Mama Beatdown

Posted Dec 31st 2008 1:10AM by TMZ Staff

Larry Fitzgerald -- the star wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals -- has been ordered to stay away from his baby mama and his 11-month-old son after he allegedly knocked her around a room and pulled her hair out.

Angela Nazario claims she brought the couple's son to visit Larry at his Phoenix home last October when the former lovers began arguing.

Nazario alleges in her legal papers filed in Arizona, Fitzgerald attempted to "diffuse the situation" by raising his fist and challenging her to a play fight. Nazario admits she responded by swinging at him and "may have hit his face."

Fitzgerald then turned from playful to enraged, allegedly pushing Nazario down to her knees. She claims he "grabbed me by my hair with both hands on the back of my head very very hard and tossed me across the room."

Later, when she tried to leave with her son, Nazario says Fitzgerald "grabbed the back of my neck and slammed me down on the marble floor ... [I] was disoriented for awhile and could not get up, I remember he mumbled something about 'that's what happens when you try taking my son away from me.'" As she got in the car to leave she realized she had lost "chunks" of hair.

Calls to Fitzgerald have not been returned.

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1. Well, at least Tom Brady keeps his baby drama on the down low.

Posted at 8:19PM on Dec 30th 2008 by nyc

2. They should order him to stay away from the stadium, too.

Posted at 8:27PM on Dec 30th 2008 by wasted days and wasted nights

3. dont worry about it bro we will stand behind you until all the facts come out on this.
we all know that bitch isnt all innocent if she would have kept her mouth shut and swing on u first she wouldnt have gotten her ass beat down

Posted at 8:29PM on Dec 30th 2008 by rick

4. She had a lot of time to this get this story straight. Next thing she needs is......10 million dollars to get that weave fix. And a couple hundred for her son!! So sad (GOLD DIGGER). I don't believe this story

Posted at 8:30PM on Dec 30th 2008 by Badboi33

5. Professional sports recruiters should be banned from prison yards. This is getting ridiculous...

Posted at 8:32PM on Dec 30th 2008 by jat

6. Shame on him ... that's why he isn't a Steeler ... they don't put up with beating you baby's mama.

Posted at 9:06PM on Dec 30th 2008 by Jen T

7. I wonder how much of her story is true. And why she waited so long to come out with it? If you notice, this happened back in October. She must not have been hurt too bad, or she would've spoke up, when it happened. There's something not right about her story. I'm not condoning Fitz actions(if he hit her), but I do think there's more to the story, than she's telling.

Posted at 9:12PM on Dec 30th 2008 by skhg

8. You think at his age he would know what a condom was ... too bad for him he didn't. Baby mama drama ... how much was that lay worth it? I get the fact he has a kid, but seriously, she's after money.

Posted at 9:25PM on Dec 30th 2008 by Suzy

9. Fred you stated one important thing in your post-child support...any woman who has been hit-she does not come across in her statements that she's been a victim of abuse by Larry throughout their relationship thus fearing retribution from him-would demand that his organization follow up on it and file charges in court to persecute him and not just file an order of protection against him...there is definitely more to this than is led on...it does not take you 2 months to come out with this...if you're going to announce it to all you can announce it as it happened or on your way to your local court to tell the judge you need the order...do any of you know how easy it is to obtain an order of protection against someone and with how little evidence...such things are use as a pawn in family court while fighting for child support...I hope that her allegations were not mocking the real victims of DV and not just a ploy to attack and distract a prolific member of the community to suit her own agenda in family court and obtaining more money...I really hope that if she felt she had to file she did it because it happened and not otherwise...but, you would be surprised how many times filing on bogus charges it actually happens...

Posted at 9:29PM on Dec 30th 2008 by aleksiza

10. As Dr.John would say>" Right place wrong time."

Posted at 9:41PM on Dec 30th 2008 by Mik

11. She admitted that she hit him in the face, therefore she deserved to be hit back. I am a woman and I will be the first to say if you want to buck up to a man like a man then be ready to fight like a man. If you can't handle it then don't raise your hand. I for one would never hit a man because if I would I expect to be hit back like one.

Posted at 10:03PM on Dec 30th 2008 by HateMenow

12. YOU ARE A BUNCH OF FOOLZ!!! JUST LIKE SHEEP!!! TMZ is straight up GARBAGE! Fittz is one of the GOOD GUYS and this is the trash they want to put out there?! How convenient.... right befor the playoff's! Fitz will be playing and the Cardinals will be spanking the dog mess out of the Falcons! The haters and in all their endeavors can't faid IF NOT THE BEST then 1 of the best WR's in the NFL today!!!

Posted at 10:09PM on Dec 30th 2008 by AZCardinalsFan

13. Just another ball player.

Posted at 10:15PM on Dec 30th 2008 by Janet

14. Do you really think this poor woman wants the world to know about what happened to her? Now the entire population has the opportunity to question her honesty and moral values. I dont think any mother would put themselves and their babies though that. Shame on any man who thinks its ok to treat women like that, especially ones with money and power like him.

Any domestic violence is wrong and Im not saying that her hitting him is ok, but really, its not ok for men to treat women that way no matter how you look at it.

Posted at 10:21PM on Dec 30th 2008 by stopdomestiviolence

15. What is this world coming to where people, much like yourselves, think's it's OK to hit a woman? A woman hits a man and he hits her back. WOW! What a big tough NFL type o'guy! He beat down NOT ONLY a woman but the mother of his child. It just says a lot about your character when you condone such violence. Oh and let's not forget to make this an issue of race. How we ended up there I don't know but some of you think that white women are easier to manage than black. I'm white with a black wife and she doesn't give me any grief. Maybe it's because she's an educated adult. I don't know.

Posted at 10:32PM on Dec 30th 2008 by 2Fas4U

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