Slowly but surely, details of an “unprovoked assault” on Wisconsin running back Montee Ball are coming to light.
As of Friday, Madison police were looking into a “precipitating event” that may have been the motive behind five unknown assailants attacking Ball early Wednesday morning. A witness to the attack reported to police that he heard something along the lines of “one down, nine to go” by one of the assailants, possibly in reference to other UW football players.
The precipitating event is not believed to be related to a TMZ report that says Ball was previously involved in a fight. However, Madison police updated their original incident report on Saturday relaying that there was indeed a fight last weekend involving UW students and members of the football team.“The Madison Police Department, through information developed by detectives, have determined that there was a fight that occurred Friday night (July 27th-28th) which involved UW students, members of the UW football team, and other individuals that were not affiliated with the University of Wisconsin’s Athletics Department. We have also determined that Montee Ball was present at the location of that fight, but we have no information that leads us to believe that he had any involvement in that particular event.
“There was one individual that did sustain an injury during the fight, and was subsequently treated at a local hospital for that injury. There is a potential for charges to be pursued, related to the investigated fight, but no charges have been filed. As this investigation is ongoing, specific details outlining the identities of either victims or involved parties are not being released.”Ball, who suffered a concussion in the assault, told police he did not know the identity of the assailants. He is not expected to join his team for the beginning of fall practices as he recovers from his injuries.