Following his domestic violence arrest in Kenner on Monday, Saints pass rusher Junior Galette is tentatively scheduled to make his first appearance related to the matter at 12:45 p.m. on Feb. 26 in the Jefferson Parish municipality’s Mayor’s Court, the city said Tuesday.
Junior Galette’s mug shot
Officers responded to a disturbance at Galette’s home in the 4400 block of Rue De La Harbor in the Place Pontchartrain subdivision at 8:52 a.m. on Monday, Kenner Police Lt. Brian McGregor has said. Officers said they met with a 22-year-old woman who said that Galette, 26, and his cousin, 27-year-old Terrance Banks, had “jumped” her.
The woman claimed to have been in a relationship with Galette and portrayed herself as a personal assistant of sorts, police said. Police said that Galette claimed she was a dancer who stayed at his house from Sunday night to Monday morning.
Police said the woman accused Galette and Banks of attacking her after they refused to give her cab money but had instructed her to leave the home. Police added that the woman had visible injuries and was bleeding after she called officers to Galette’s home.
Galette was booked with simple battery related to domestic abuse. Banks, a former college football teammate of Galette’s, was booked with simple battery. The violations Galette and Banks are accused of are misdemeanors.
In his fifth year with the Saints, Galette led New Orleans’ defense in quarterback sacks in 2014 with 10. He had 12 sacks in 2013 as New Orleans got to the divisional round of the playoffs, and he became the first Saints player in a decade to reach double digits in that statistical category in consecutive seasons. Despite that, the Saints this season gave up the second-most yards in the NFL, finished 7-9 and missed the playoffs.