Reports: Manziel indicted on assault charge

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Embattled quarterback Johnny Manziel has been indicted by a Dallas County grand jury on a misdemeanor assault charge, ABC News 8 in Dallas and CBS Radio in Dallas reported, citing sources.

The indictment is expected to be formally announced Monday. Manziel’s case was heard by a grand jury Thursday.

Manziel, a former Cleveland Browns quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner at Texas A&M, is accused of hitting his ex-girlfriend Colleen Crowley so hard that she temporarily lost hearing in one ear.

Crowley requested and was granted a protective order against the 23-year-old quarterback that prevents him from seeing her for two years.

Crowley says she and Manziel had a confrontation in a Dallas hotel room, which continued downstairs at the valet station. She said …

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