Georgia WR Colby Young arrested on charges of battery, assault on unborn child

Athens, Ga. — Georgia receiver Colby Young was arrested Tuesday morning on charges of battery and assault on an unborn child, according to the Athens-Clarke County Jail website.

Young was booked at 4:18 a.m., bond was set at $2,500 and remained in jail four hours later.

“This is a pending legal matter, and we have no further comment at this time,” Georgia associate athletic director Steven Drummond said in a statement.

According to the arrest report, the complainant, who described herself as Tarun's ex-girlfriend, came to his apartment around midnight to discuss the status of their relationship and stayed there for about 20 minutes. The conversation became heated “when he found out he was on the phone with another woman.” The complainant told police that Young then grabbed her by the arm and dragged her out of the room. Yang then returned to her bedroom and closed and locked the door.

Young comes out of the room again when the woman answers a phone call. The woman told police that Young then “picked her up and started squeezing her torso and stomach really hard.”

The police officer reported that the woman “had a bruise and discoloration on the lower right side of her chest where it meets the abdomen. She also had redness on her right side. There were no bruises on her arm where she said Mr. Young had grabbed her.”

The woman refused to be taken to the hospital by ambulance, but agreed to go if the officer transported her.

The officer then visited Young at his apartment. He confirmed the heated argument but denied ever grabbing the woman and when asked how she got hurt “told me it wasn't from him.”

“Colby Young was arrested last night after he asked his ex-girlfriend to leave his apartment,” Kim Stephens, Young's attorney, said in a statement. “He did not have any physical relationship with her that could ever be considered a crime. I hope that Mr. Yang will be fully exonerated when our investigation is complete and the truth is revealed.”

Young, a senior, transferred from Miami after last season. He is the second transfer receiver in recent years to be arrested after joining the program: Rara Thomas was arrested on battery charges in January 2023, within a month of transferring from Mississippi State. He remained on the team after accepting a plea deal, but was fired this summer after another arrest for battery.

It's the latest in a string of legal troubles for the Georgia program, which has had 10 players and one staff member arrested for driving-related incidents since January 2023.

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