Ex-NFL player Zac Stacy arrested days after alleged brutal attack on ex-girlfriend caught on video
Orlando, Florida — Former NFL running back Zac Stacy was arrested Thursday night by Orlando police, authorities say, days after allegedly attacking his ex-girlfriend in a home in Oakland, Florida.
He was being held in the Orange County Jail on charges of aggravated battery and criminal mischief.
The brutal attack was caught on surveillance video, CBS Orlando affiliate WKMG-TV reports.
Oakland police said they were called to a home on a domestic violence investigation on November 13, but Stacy had fled by the time they arrived.
Oakland police said they notified the Orange County Sheriff's Office about the search for Stacy, but deputies determined he'd left Florida.
Then, they were tipped off Thursday evening that Stacy was boarding a flight from Nashville to Orlando with the intention of turning himself in. They contacted Orlando police, who took Stacy into custody without incident when his flight arrived.
Court records show the victim told police she and Stacy have a child together, and she was letting him see the child as an "olive branch" since they were in mediation.
She said they began arguing and Stacy attacked her.
Surveillance video posted to social media shows a man hitting a woman and throwing her into a television, which then falls on her after she hits the ground. A child was in the room. Police confirmed it's the same video the victim gave them and they're using it in their investigation, WKMG says.
Stacy appeared in court on Friday morning, and his bond was set at $10,150, according to WKMG.
Stacy played for the NFL's New York Jets and then-St. Louis Rams from 2013-2015.