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Two more players were benched by NFL teams on Wednesday over allegations of domestic violence.

First, the Carolina Panthers placed their star defensive end Greg Hardy on the exempt list and then the Arizona Cardinals deactivated running back Jonathan Dwyer.

, Hardy was benched because he "was found guilty by a judge in July of assaulting and threatening his ex-girlfriend." Hardy appealed that decision and is facing a jury trial that begins Nov. 17.


, Dwyer was arrested by police on Wednesday after they received allegations that he assaulted his wife in July.


, the start of the NFL season hadn't already been "marred by criminal cases that link two of its stars — [Adrian] Peterson and Ray Rice — to violent off-field episodes."
Both Hardy and Dwyer will receive full pay while they wait for their cases to work their way through the justice system.  Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

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The Carolina Panthers placed Greg Hardy on the exempt list. The Arizona Cardinals deactivated Jonathan Dwyer.

Two more NFL players, Hardy and Dwyer, benched over domestic violence

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