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Before Seattle Domestic Violence Trial, Hill Faces New Investigation

Just as the Seahawks prepare for a new season of NFL football, and just days before his domestic violence case goes to trial, professional football linebacker Leroy Hill of Seattle is facing new allegations of witness intimidation and witness tampering.

Although Hill was ordered by a King County judge not to contact the alleged victim of domestic abuse, his girlfriend, documents filed at the King County Court said that he had initiated contact with the woman several times. Police said that they confirmed the illegal witness contact both with Sprint phone records and GPS information.

The incident of Seattle domestic abuse took place in April at the couple’s Issaquah home. Washington Police say that the couple began arguing about possibly infidelity by Hill. Hill then grabbed the woman by the ponytail and dragged her down a flight of stairs. He missed a number of pre-season practices for his legal trouble – and the NFL has suspended Hill from the first game of the season for a marijuana possession misdemeanor that took place earlier this year and just a month before the domestic violence incident.

Prosecutors began to suspect witness tampering when Hill’s girlfriend went from cooperating with the investigation to being difficult. She then stopped showing up to her job and did not appear for a court date. A few days before her disappearance, her car was spotted parked at Hill’s residence. Hill’s domestic violence attorney says that neither he nor Hill is aware of the location of the girlfriend or the new witness tampering allegations.

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