The Los Angeles Rams terminated the contract of defensive end Tyrunn Walker earlier today without comment, though we are now learning new information as to why.

The New Orleans Advocate reported late on Thursday afternoon that Walker has been under investigation since March in the sexual assault of two women in Lafayette, Louisiana. The Advocate said it reached out to Walker’s agent for comment just a few hours before the Rams announced that they had released him.

The 27-year-old native of New Iberia, Louisiana, went undrafted in 2012 and played for the New Orleans Saints for three seasons before landing with the Detroit Lions in 2016. The Rams signed Walker to a one-year contract at the end of March.

According to the extensive preliminary report from the Advocate, investigators declined to discuss their inquiry into the case but did release a bare-bones initial report Thursday.

Per the Lafayette Parish district attorney, detectives forwarded their investigative findings to his office on June 15. The Advocate said the initial report lacked any real details but did confirm civil court filings requesting a restraining order that names both Walker and another man, identified as Justin Williams, which offers graphic accounts of the allegations.

The civil court filings allege that the attack occurred during the early-morning hours of Mardi Gras Day on Feb. 28. The two young women involved were aged 18 and 19 at the time. The filing goes on to allege that on the night of the attack, they were drinking at the NiteTown club and had 2½ or three drinks over the course of several hours. They described separately receiving drinks from the men.

One woman described in her filing not remembering much after receiving a drink from Williams, blacking out at a hotel room, then coming to with both men engaged in sex acts with her. The alleged assault was broken up when the other woman regained consciousness and pulled the men off, and the court records show that she described suffering serious injuries, including vaginal tearing.

Under NFL policy, an allegation of this nature can result in league discipline, even without a conviction or formal charges — a result of the revamped policy in the wake of Ray Rice’s domestic violence that was caught on camera in 2014.

As the Advocate pointed out, Walker has been a big deal in the Lafayette area for a while now — even before he was an NFL player. He helped Westgate High School win a state championship in basketball in 2008, and he was an all-state player for the football team there as well.