A former NFL player is facing some disturbing charges this week.
Former Indianapolis Colts lineman and radio personality Joseph Staysniak is facing a strangulation charge and two counts of battery causing injury.
Records stated he confronted his son and another individual in a car in his driveway. Staysniak allegedly pulled the hoodie of the individual, which choked him. The other person told police that Staysniak had a gun and put it against the side of his face. He also said Staysniak hit him and punched his son.
His son told police that his father punched him in the mouth and that he saw his father grab the individual’s hood, choking him, according to the Indianapolis Star.
“Lucas advised that his father opened the rear right passenger door and that when he did his he [sic] grabbed [passenger’s] hood and was choking him,” the affidavit read. “Lucas stated that his father then punched him, causing his lip to bleed, and then punched [passenger]. Lucas stated that his father then displayed a firearm and told him and [passenger] that they’re lucky he saw who it was.”
Staysniak was arrested on charges of battery, pointing a firearm, intimidation, strangulation, and domestic battery.
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Staysniak was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the seventh round of the 1990 NFL Draft out of Ohio State. He went on to play for the Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs, and then Colts, where he played from 1992-1995.
During his radio career, he was briefly suspended in 2020 for comments he made on-air about the George Floyd protests.
