Reuben Foster picked up by Washington after being released by 49ers following domestic violence arrest

The latest arrest is one of several for the linebacker.

Update, Tuesday, November 27th: Foster was claimed on waivers by Washington on Tuesday evening. He’ll join Zach Brown and Mason Foster as the team’s inside linebackers. The NFL can still suspend Foster, so it might be a while before he actually suits up for the team.

This is the third time that Foster was arrested in 2018.

The San Francisco 49ers announced on Sunday morning that the team released linebacker Reuben Foster after he was arrested and charged with domestic violence while in Tampa Bay, Florida with the team.

Police describe the incident took place with a woman Foster was “in an on-again-off-again relationship over the past three years.” Police say that Foster and the woman were involved in a verbal altercation on Saturday night, which escalated when Foster slapped a phone out of the woman’s hand, before pushing her and slapping her. Responding officers observed a scratch on the victim’s collarbone when they arrived to the scene at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Tampa Bay, according to a report from the San Francisco Chronicle.

The 49ers are in Tampa for their game against the Buccaneers on Sunday, and Foster’s release follows several incidents dating back to before and since the team drafted him in 2017.

• During the 2017 NFL combine Foster allegedly submitted a diluted urine sample, which triggered a positive test. Subsequently he was kicked out of the combine when he had an altercation with a hospital employee.
• In January of 2018 Foster was arrested in Alabama for misdemeanor possession of marijuana.
• Foster was arrested in February on suspicion of domestic violence and possession of an assault weapon when police responded to his home. Domestic violence charges were dropped in May of 2018 after the victim recanted her allegations that Foster hit her.

Foster was charged with one count of first-degree misdemeanor domestic-violence battery. The 49ers have not made a further announcement other than posting they were releasing Foster on their Twitter account.