Report: NFL Line Judge Under Investigation For Domestic Violence

NFL line judge and former VP of Officiating Carl Johnson is reportedly under police investigation in Louisiana for an alleged pattern of domestic violence, according to TMZ.

Johnson’s accuser, a woman he was living with in 2016, was granted a temporary restraining order but denied a permanent one, according to the report. She also claimed to have gone to the NFL asking for help in March, then went to police a few months later. The Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office confirmed to TMZ that Johnson is under investigation.

Johnson, no longer a full time official, most recently worked the Chiefs-Eagles game this past Sunday. He was the NFL’s top official from 2010 to 2012, and later returned to the field.

The NFL, because it likes to cosplay as a police department, is also reportedly investigating the allegations.