Chad Johnson was convicted of domestic battery in 2000

The alleged altercation between Chad Johnson and his wife, reality TV star Evelyn Lozada, isn't his first domestic violence incident...

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The alleged altercation between Chad Johnson and his wife, reality TV star Evelyn Lozada, isn’t his first domestic violence incident.  Johnson plead no contest to a domestic battery case involving his girlfriend at the time in 2000.  On Saturday night, Chad Johnson allegedly headbutted Lozada, causing her head to bleed.  She then went to a neighbor’s where they called 9-1-1.  NBC Sports reports:

During his 12 years in the NFL, Chad Johnson has cultivated an image of a troublemaker, but a playful one — a class clown, not a bully. So when Johnson was arrested over the weekend for domestic violence, it seemed out of character.

But it may have been less out of character than we realized: Johnson already has a domestic battery conviction on his record, as he was arrested for hitting his girlfriend in 2000 and later pleaded no contest, according to TMZ.

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