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Cards' star hit with protection order
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Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald.
An order of protection against Arizona Cardinals star wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald was filed Oct. 31 by his longtime girlfriend and mother of their child, according to the woman’s attorney and court records.
Fitzgerald, 25, of Phoenix, is not facing any criminal charges for an alleged domestic incident that took place Oct. 28. But a Coconino County Superior Court judge issued an order of protection in favor of his longtime girlfriend, Angela Nazario, 38, of Flagstaff.
In court documents, Nazario alleges that Fitzgerald grabbed the back of her neck and pushed her to the floor after an argument escalated during an overnight visit with their 11-month-old son.
Nazario said she swung at Fitzgerald and may have hit him in the face, according to the court documents.
Coconino County Superior Court Judge Elaine Friedlund Horn granted Nazario the order of protection.
Nazario, who has a five-year relationship with Fitzgerald, had filed a paternity action lawsuit against him in 2007 before their son was born on Jan. 8, 2008, and is seeking child support from him, said Nazario’s attorney, Lou Diesel.
Diesel said that further paternity proceedings involving Fitzgerald and Nazario should take place in March.
Although Fitzgerald is permitted to have custody of the child one day a week, the order of protection restricts him from being around her and limits communication with her to e-mails.
Fitzgerald and the Cardinals face the Atlanta Falcons in a wild-card playoff game Saturday at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale.
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