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Deion Sanders’ wife arrested on assault charge

The Columbian
Published: April 23, 2012, 5:00pm

McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — The wife of pro football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders has been arrested outside Dallas on a misdemeanor charge of assault.

An inmate listing on Collin County’s website early Tuesday shows that Pilar Sanders was arrested Monday and booked into the county jail on the family violence charge.

Deion Sanders had tweeted on Monday night that his children “just witnessed their mother and a friend jump me in my room.”

Sanders said in his Twitter post that he would press charges.

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