BALTIMORE — Marcus Fleming Jr., a redshirt sophomore wide receiver on the University of Maryland football team, was charged with misdemeanor second-degree assault after a felony first-degree assault charge was dropped in Prince George’s County Circuit Court on Thursday morning.
According to court documents obtained by The Baltimore Sun, Fleming was charged on June 8 after a June 3 incident with his ex-girlfriend, Ariana Wright, also a student-athlete at the university. According to court documents, she says that he physically abused her at an apartment in Hyattsville. Fleming was arrested June 25 and released the same day after posting a $3,000 bond.
According to court documents, Fleming has also filed second-degree assault charges against Wright.