Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Malik McDowell was released on bail Tuesday night after being arrested for public exposure and beating a police deputy in Florida.
The 25-year-old was charged with aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting an officer with violence and exposing his sex organs in public. He was released after his bail was set at $27,000.
Deerfield Beach police were called after he wandered naked onto a preschool's property while on probation for driving drunk and assaulting a cop in 2019.
Video from the arrest on Monday shows the nude 6-foot-6, 295-pound McDowell surrounded by officers in the parking lot of The Learning Experience.
McDowell allegedly punched a deputy 'with extreme aggression' after the officer approached the naked Browns player as he sat on a curb, according to a police report obtained by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
His lawyer claimed someone may have drugged the NFL player, after he was freed on bail.
'Somebody may have slipped him something or given him something that he wasn't aware of, which explains some of this bizarre behavior,' Adam Swickle told Local10.com.
'We’re investigating the circumstances surrounding everything.'
Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Malik McDowell, 25, was released on his $27,000 bail
McDowell left Florida's Broward County Jail on Tuesday night after his arrest Monday
The NFL player was charged with aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting an officer with violence and exposing his sex organs in public
He appeared in court on Tuesday when a judge found probable cause for the charges
The officer report filed by the officer involved in the incident said McDowell 'stood up, looked at me, and said something to the effect of "f--- you." [McDowell] charged at me … at full speed with closed fist.'
The officer was punched in the right eye and temple area, causing his eye to swell shut and leaving possible permanent injury, according to the affidavit.
He then tried to flee the scene on foot before being tasered and handcuffed.
During Monday's incident, video shows officers securing McDowell's legs and arms in shackles before he was placed on a stretcher, covered in a blanket and wheeled away smiling.
McDowell appeared in court on Tuesday and a judge found probable cause for the charges.
At his arraignment, a prosecutor said that 'there is surveillance video that Mr. McDowell actually went onto the property of the Learning Center while naked'.
Video from the arrest shows the naked 6-foot-6, 295-pound McDowell surrounded by officers in the Deerfield Beach school's parking lot. He is accused of exposing himself publicly, resisting arrest with violence, and battery on a law enforcement officer
A group of officers stand around the naked McDowell during Monday's arrest in South Florida
