Embattled Giants kicker Josh Brown was convicted of assault in 2001 while playing college football at Nebraska, and the incident involved his ex-girlfriend, according to published reports at that time.

Brown was suspended for the Cornhuskers' season opener in 2001 after pleading no contest to two charges of third-degree assault in July of that year and receiving a $350 fine, according to a Lincoln (Neb.) Star-Journal report.

Brown was suspended Wednesday one game by the NFL for a violation of its personal conduct policy. The suspension is related to a 2015 arrest after a domestic violence incident involving Brown's now ex-wife. The charge was dismissed against Brown five days later. NJ Advance Media first reported the arrest and dismissal of the charge.

Brown called the incident "a moment" when speaking to reporters on Thursday, but multiple outlets have since published excerpts of police documents where Brown's ex-wife alleges a history of violent acts by Brown.

According to published reports from 2001, Brown assaulted a man who had begun dating his ex-girlfriend in June of 2001. During the altercation, according to reports, Brown's ex-girlfriend was knocked to the ground.

From an Associated Press report:

Brown was arrested June 16 for fighting with a man who was on a date with Brown's ex-girlfriend. Police said Brown had been drinking and waited for the couple outside her apartment. The woman tried to get between Brown and the other man, Brown threw her to the ground before tackling the other man and punching him, police said.

The Star-Journal reported at the time that according to a police citation, Brown called his ex-girlfriend's cell phone multiple times while she was out on a date with the other man, telling here "he was angry, drunk and would wait outside her apartment for the couple to return. He wanted to talk to her and said he would 'go after' her new boyfriend."

According to the newspaper report, Brown confronted his ex-girlfriend and the man around 2 a.m. on June 16. The ex-girlfriend attempted to get between the two men, "but police say Brown grabbed her by both arms, leaving red marks, and threw her to the ground, skinning her knee."

The newspaper report then says police stated Brown tackled the man, "and punched him in the left eye, causing swelling and bruises. The men scuffled on the ground."

According to the newspaper report, the other man then eventually gained the upper hand and pinned Brown to the ground. Police arrived shortly after the conclusion of what was called a "five-minute fight."

The man told the newspaper Brown's ex-girlfriend "stopped the struggle by working her way between the men and calming Brown."

Brown denied that he threw the woman to the ground in September of 2001 in an interview with The Daily Nebraskan, the student publication at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. In the interview, Brown said he and the other man got into a "backyard school fight," and his ex-girlfriend "tried to get in [his] way. In doing so, she was touched and she fell to the ground."

"It was made to be an assault on a lady and it wasn't," Brown told the publication. "I know that. She knows that. Our families know that."

Brown's agent and the Seattle-area attorneys who represented Brown in the 2015 case have not responded to multiple messages requesting comment since NJ Advance Media's initial report on Brown's arrest.

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