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NFL Star Accused of Choking Tila Tequila

Posted Sep 6th 2009 1:04PM by TMZ Staff

Shawne Merriman of the San Diego Chargers was taken into custody by the San Diego County Sheriff's Department after an alleged altercation with Tila Tequila.

Tila Tequila, Shawne Merriman

San Diego Sheriff's deputies responded to a call this morning at 3:45 AM. Tila claims she was "choked and physically restrained" by Merriman after she tried to leave his residence.

Merriman is accused of battery and false imprisonment.

Tila was transported to a local hospital while Merriman was taken into custody. His bail was set at $58,000.

Tila TequilaUPDATE -- Tila Tequila has been released from the hospital.

UPDATE -- A lawyer for Merriman denied all charges and says Tila was "extremely inebriated" and that Merriman tried to stop her from leaving the home because he didn't feel it was safe for her to do so.

UPDATE -- A.J. Smith, the general manager of the San Diego Chargers, released this statement: "It's disappointing to hear about the issue involving Shawne Merriman. We'll continue to monitor the situation and let the legal process run its course."

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Tags: choke, fight, san diego chargers, SanDiegoChargers, shawn merriman, ShawnMerriman, tila tequila, TilaTequila

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1. A shot at FIRST!

Posted at 1:09PM on Sep 6th 2009 by Shot

2. W-T-F?

First of all, who the hell would want to fight Shawn Merriman? And what's kind of man gets into a fight with a woman? I'm no fan of Tila Tequila, but this just seems a bit ridiculous.

Posted at 1:11PM on Sep 6th 2009 by Kelly

3. hahahahahahahahaha me first.

Posted at 1:12PM on Sep 6th 2009 by airhead

4. VEGAS DAN IS FIRST!

Posted at 1:11PM on Sep 6th 2009 by Dan

5. FIRST!!!! Ugh see how annoying that is to read?! Get lives you pathetic mutant offsprings

Posted at 1:12PM on Sep 6th 2009 by Steve

6. For a guy with the last name Merriman, he sure doesn't sound very merry.

Posted at 1:12PM on Sep 6th 2009 by Merry

7. What Tila is like this tall.

Posted at 1:13PM on Sep 6th 2009 by rhbjorn

8. what a surprise. a steroid abuser from SoCal arrested for beating up a girl. shocker

Posted at 1:13PM on Sep 6th 2009 by Chris

9. She love him long time.

Posted at 1:15PM on Sep 6th 2009 by Tila At My Knee-la

10. BEAT THAT FUGLY SLUTTY B*ITCH!

Posted at 1:15PM on Sep 6th 2009 by linnyb

11. who cares about that nasty skank

Posted at 1:15PM on Sep 6th 2009 by bill whiteside

12. Roid rage, he is still taking them. Good to see we got more athlete controversey, it had been about 2 days....I was getting worried.

Posted at 1:17PM on Sep 6th 2009 by fffffffff

13. "No black man, too beaucoup"

Posted at 1:19PM on Sep 6th 2009 by Full Metal Jackoff

14. I thought she liked girls?

Posted at 1:20PM on Sep 6th 2009 by zombie_hands

15. is that why we havent seen a million celebrity twitter messages from her today?

Posted at 1:21PM on Sep 6th 2009 by just saying

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