Affidavit: Joseph allegedly strangled, hit woman

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Mickey Joseph, Nebraska's interim shot manager for 9 games this season, is accused of putting his hands astir a woman's throat, pulling her hairsbreadth and punching her earlier being taken into custody, according to a constabulary affidavit filed Thursday.

Joseph, 54, was arrested Wednesday connected suspicion of strangulation and third-degree home assault. Joseph denied to constabulary that helium assaulted the woman. Nebraska placed Joseph connected administrative leave.

Joseph made his archetypal tribunal quality connected video from the Lancaster County Jail connected Thursday. He did not participate a plea. His enslaved was acceptable astatine $20,000 and helium was ordered not to person interaction with the alleged victim. His adjacent tribunal quality was acceptable for Jan. 30. His attorney, Sean Brennan, did not respond to a connection seeking comment.

Police went to a Lincoln residence Wednesday day aft a study of a home disturbance.

The pistillate said she and Joseph were successful an statement erstwhile Joseph pushed her, causing her to autumn onto a couch. She said Joseph got connected apical of her and placed his hands astir her throat.

"He pushed maine connected the sofa and strangled me," she said, according to the affidavit. She said her breathing was impeded and that she wasn't capable to respire until she pushed him off.

When she went into the kitchen, she said, Joseph grabbed her hairsbreadth from down and pulled her backward, causing her to autumn to the floor. In the process of falling, she said, Joseph struck her successful the near temple with a closed fist.

Police said she had disposable redness and swelling astir her near oculus which was accordant with being struck, and she was observed to person respective strands of hairsbreadth clinging to her precocious sound leg. She said the hairs were pulled from her erstwhile Joseph grabbed her.

The Associated Press mostly does not place radical who accidental they person been subjected to utmost abuse. The pistillate successful the Joseph lawsuit has not publically identified herself.

The pistillate besides said Joseph besides grabbed her telephone and attempted to flush it down a toilet. Police said they saw the telephone wrong a instrumentality of atom connected the room counter.

A comparative of the pistillate besides was astatine the residence, and helium told constabulary helium saw Joseph's hands astir the woman's pharynx and that Joseph pushed her onto the sofa aft helium yelled to him. Joseph near the location and was located by constabulary astatine different location.

Joseph's apprehension came 2 days aft Matt Rhule was introduced arsenic the Cornhuskers' caller caput coach. Rhule had said Monday helium planned to conscionable with Joseph to sermon the anticipation of Joseph remaining connected the staff. Rhule declined remark done an diversion section spokesman.

Joseph is nether declaration done Dec. 31, 2023, and his yearly wage is listed astatine $600,000. Under presumption of the contract, helium could beryllium fired for origin if convicted of a misdemeanor oregon felony that impairs his quality to execute duties connected behalf of the university. If a firing for origin is upheld, the assemblage would not person to wage the remaining wealth owed connected the contract.

Joseph was a backmost for the Cornhuskers from 1988-91 and had run-ins with constabulary during his playing days. He returned to Nebraska past December arsenic receivers manager and was named interim caput manager Sept. 11 aft Alberts fired Scott Frost. The Huskers were 3-6 nether Joseph and finished the play 4-8.