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Toney, 26, was arrested and booked into the
Douglas County Jail on Feb. 6 on charges of aggravated assault
and obstructing or hindering an emergency call, according to
online jail records. He was released the same day on $50,000
bail, according to a person who answered the phone at the jail.
A working phone number for Toney could not be found Wednesday
and online court records did not list an attorney who could
comment on the charges.
Toney put his hand around a woman's throat “with enough force to
cause her to be unable to breath(e)" on Jan. 14 at his home in
Douglasville, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) west of Atlanta,
according to an arrest warrant filed in court. An investigator
wrote that red marks were visible on the woman's neck, as well
as hemorrhaging in her eyes.
Toney also physically prevented the woman from calling 911,
taking away her phone and canceling voice commands while
physically assaulting her, a second warrant says.
Toney played in just three games for the Cleveland Browns in
2024 before he was released in December. A 2021 first-round pick
by the New York Giants, Toney helped the Kansas City Chiefs win
the Super Bowl two years ago after they acquired him in a trade
during the season.
In a three-minute span in the fourth quarter of Kansas City’s
38-35 win over Philadelphia in the Super Bowl, Toney made two
monumental plays. First, he caught a 5-yard TD pass that gave
the Chiefs a 28-27 lead. Then, he returned a punt 65 yards to
the Eagles 5 to set up another TD.
But Toney couldn’t build off that success. He struggled in 2023
and was inactive from Week 15 through the playoffs and sat out
Kansas City’s Super Bowl win over San Francisco last year. His
most memorable play of the 2023 season was an offside penalty
that negated a go-ahead TD that he scored off a lateral from
Travis Kelce late in the fourth quarter of a loss to Buffalo.
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