- Police in Tennessee arrested Austin Watson on a charge of domestic assault
- Watson has been released from jail on $4,500 bond and is due in court June 28
- No further information was immediately available
- He previously worked on an anti-domestic violence ad campaign ‘Unsilence the Violence’ with Predators teammates Mike Fisher and P.K. Subban
Police in Tennessee have arrested Nashville Predators forward Austin Watson on a charge of domestic assault.
Franklin Police Lt. Charles Warner says the 26-year-old Watson was arrested Saturday evening. Warner says Watson has been released from jail on $4,500 bond and is due in court June 28.
No further information was immediately available.
Austin Watson took part in the Predators’ ‘Unsilence the Violence’ campaign (left) before being arrested for domestic assault in Franklin, Tennessee on Saturday evening
The 26-year-old Watson is a former first-round draft pick who scored a career-high 14 goals and had five assists in 76 games during the 2017-18 regular season
The Predators issued a statement saying they ‘are still gathering facts and it’s not appropriate for us to comment further at this time.’ Team officials also noted that ‘this is a matter that we are taking very seriously and we will cooperate fully with the investigation by law enforcement.’
Watson is a former first-round draft pick who scored a career-high 14 goals and had five assists in 76 games during the 2017-18 regular season. He had five goals and three assists in 13 playoff games.
Watson has 23 goals and 24 assists in 216 career regular-season games, all with the Predators.
Watson had previously teamed with Predators players like P.K. Subban and Mike Fisher on a public-awareness campaign titled ‘Unsilence the Violence.’ The effort was in conjunction with the Nashville Predators Foundation’s $500,000 pledge to help fight domestic violence.
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