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Ex-Florida State football player accused of killing man

(AP) — A former Florida The case now goes to a grand
State football player was jury. Judge Charles Burton
involved in a scuffle with on Thursday forbade Ru-
his girlfriend hours be- dolph from contacting any of
fore he fatally shot one the victims or their families.
man and injured another, Rudolph told the judge he
according to an arrest af- intends to hire an attorney.
fidavit released Thursday.
Rudolph was Florida State’s
Travis Rudolph, 25, was or- leading receiver in 2015 and
dered to remain in jail during 2016. He left the team early
a first appearance hearing in to enter the NFL draft in
West Palm Beach on Thurs- 2017. He eventually signed
day morning. He’s charged with the New York Giants
with one count of first-de- and then the Miami Dol-
gree murder and three counts phins. He also spent time
of attempted first-degree with the Winnipeg Blue
murder. Bombers of the Canadian
Football League. The team
Deputies detailed the shoot- released him Wednesday.
ing in an affidavit released He gained national attention
by the Palm Beach County in 2016 when a video of him
Sheriff’s Office. Investiga- eating lunch with an autistic
tors said Rudolph’s girlfriend student during a team visit at
told them she called a male a Tallahassee middle school
friend following the scuffle fight broke out, the affidavit with a rifle after they got back inside the vehicle and an in- went viral. Rudolph’s father
Wednesday. The friend and said. A witness told investi- in their car and began to drive jured man outside the car. died a year later after a gun
three other men then went gators that Rudolph ran af- away. Authorities arrested Rudolph accidentally discharged at a
to Rudolph’s home, where a ter the men and shot at them Deputies found a man dead a short time later. West Palm Beach strip club.

UEFA tells match officials seeking

autographs unacceptable

Hulkenberg joins F1

team Aston Martin as its

reserve driver

(AP) — Nico Hulkenberg has joined Aston Mar-
tin as its reserve driver for this season, the For-
mula One team said Thursday.

The 33-year-old German drove in two races for the
team last season when it was called Racing Point, re-
placing Sergio Perez and then Lance Stroll after they
tested positive for the coronavirus.
(AP) — UEFA has told match officials it ing, respectful and professional,” Rosetti
is unacceptable and undignified to seek wrote Wednesday in correspondence first re- Aston Martin’s drivers this year are Stroll and four-
autographs from players, after a ref- ported by British broadcaster Sky Sports and time F1 champion Sebastian Vettel.
eree’s assistant asked Erling Haaland to verified by UEFA. “The team knows it can rely on me to step in and do
sign red and yellow cards after Borussia an excellent job, and I’m fully prepared to take on that
Dortmund’s Champions League game at “If you want to be respected as much as the challenge,” said Hulkenberg, who will also help the
Manchester City. players, why would you ask for their auto- team as a development driver.
graph or their shirt? Do they ask you for the
UEFA’s chief refereeing officer Roberto Ro- same? This is simply unacceptable, this is a Hulkenberg started in F1 in 2010 but dropped out of
setti wrote to refereeing teams after the inci- matter of dignity and don’t forget about the the series at the end of 2019 after losing his seat at Re-
dent in the tunnel in Manchester on Tuesday number of TV cameras at UEFA matches — nault.
night was caught on camera as the players left they catch everything.”
the field following Dortmund’s 2-1 loss. It was later reported in his native Romania He took pole position in the rain at the Brazilian Grand
“UEFA has strived to get you respected as that Octavian Sovre, the referee’s assistant at Prix in his first season, but has never finished higher
much as the players and you have helped with City, wanted the signed cards to raise funds than fourth in 179 races.
that by looking the part: athletic, command- for an autism center.