Former Giants and Seahawks offensive lineman Chad Wheeler was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison on Friday after being found guilty in November of two counts of domestic violence against his ex-girlfriend, according to multiple reports. .
According to ESPNProsecutors said Wheeler was sentenced to 81 months in prison and 36 months suspended in a King County (Washington state) court for strangling his ex-girlfriend, Aleah Taylor, multiple times during an incident in January 2021. was announced.
In November, a jury convicted Wheeler of first- and second-degree domestic violence charges.
Wheeler, who played for the Giants from 2017 to 2019 and was a member of the Seahawks at the time of the attack, was arrested in Washington in January 2021 after Taylor told authorities that a lineman threw him onto a bed and strangled him. He was arrested by Kent State Police. After she refused to bow down to him, she lost consciousness. The Seattle Times reported shortly after the arrest..
According to ESPN, Taylor suffered a fractured humerus and dislocated elbow.
She still wears a brace on her arm due to her injury. USA Today reported.
Prosecutors said Wheeler had stopped taking medication for bipolar disorder, according to USA Today.
The Seattle Times reported that Taylor told a 911 dispatcher at the time that she thought she was going to be killed.
The Seahawks fired him days after his arrest.
Thursday, Taylor Posted in X About the impending sentencing.
“Send Chad to jail tomorrow!” she wrote. “Thank you to everyone who supported me and the legal process to make this happen. It’s been a long road, but we’re finally here and we’re finally getting justice. !”
ESPN reported that prosecutors in the case had initially recommended 108 months in prison for Wheeler.
According to USA Today, Wheeler was ordered never to have any further contact with Taylor and must pay restitution.
